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2025-10-15

Obvious, when you think about it, that Brad Delong on how Substack and its writers might survive enshittification is paid only content. It would require “the continued maintenance by SubStack of exit paths, so that the credible threat of exit keeps platform incentives aligned with user success.” How’s that going, I wonder.

2025-10-10

  • On foot* 41.8812, 12.4409* 10 October 2025* 423.96 ppm CO2* OpenStreetMapFine walk in the late afternoon sunshine. I knew I had to do this one as the closest I could easily get would be the bridge between the two sides of the big park.

These are some good reminders of how ...

These are some good reminders of how to keep going when (almost) all you have is intrinsic rewards. “Push yourself out” is the tricky one for me because to me it sounds like “promote yourself,” which I find hard, rather than “keep doing what you like,” which I do, and which is No. 1.