Evan Armstrong is the lead writer at Every. He explores profit and power in technology in his column, Napkin Math.
You must escape the shallow joy of more
Free your mind from the Efficient Market Hypothesis
Why the best deals are done with no data at all
Spotify’s No-Win Predicament
The complicated business of selling social good
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Half a century removed from its glory days, the Hollywood giant has a new rescue plan
My explorations in image generation
RIP to nerd Jesus
Addicted, overwhelmed, oversubscribed: How technology hooked the world
A Review of An Ugly Truth
The future must be built on truth
A Case Study on Market Structures and Harm
An intuitive explainer for how to lose money and win anyway
A Napkin Math and Trapital Production
Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway got really big. Here’s why it might kill them.
8 pieces of technology that have dramatically improved my life
The Power Output Equation
How the LTV/CAC ratio is manipulated to take advantage of retail investors
How governments and companies are engaged in mutual manipulation
Software that drives hardware adoption is rarer than you think
Some researchers are convinced that we are on the cusp of superintelligence. Are they right?
Canvas is an Artifacts competitor aiming at the future of AI-human collaboration
