Evan Armstrong was a lead writer at Every who explored profit and power in technology in Napkin Math.
Notion: The Embattled Artist
What video games can teach us about building billion-dollar companies
Why the best deals are done with no data at all
Get in, loser—we’re disrupting Oracle
Weirder, different, and new
The complicated social and financial incentives at the heart of online publishing
A Review of An Ugly Truth
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The market failures damning content to ever increasing sensationalism
The complicated business of selling social good
Spotify’s No-Win Predicament
The Power Output Equation
Addicted, overwhelmed, oversubscribed: How technology hooked the world
Why would Databricks spend $1.3B?
China, boring AI, vertical SaaS, and Apple's power
A Case Study on Market Structures and Harm
Half a century removed from its glory days, the Hollywood giant has a new rescue plan
An interview with Nir Eyal
It’s Musk's world and we’re just tweeting in it
RIP to nerd Jesus
How the LTV/CAC ratio is manipulated to take advantage of retail investors
8 pieces of technology that have dramatically improved my life
The future must be built on truth
An intuitive explainer for how to lose money and win anyway