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The Board Game of the Alpha Nerds

Before Risk, before Dungeons & Dragons, before Magic: The Gathering, there was Diplomacy. One writer enters international competition to play the world-conquering game that redefines what it means to be a geek (and a person). It was the summer of 1909. I was on the south coast of Spain.

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Jack Dorsey Has No Clue What He Wants

 Jack Dorsey Has No Clue What He Wants

A conversation with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey can be incredibly disorienting. Not because he’s particularly clever or thought-provoking, but because he sounds like he should be. He takes long pauses before he speaks.

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If True, This Could Be One of the Greatest Discoveries in Human History

 If True, This Could Be One of the Greatest Discoveries in Human History

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AWS, MongoDB, and the Economic Realities of Open Source

 AWS, MongoDB, and the Economic Realities of Open Source

In 1999, music industry revenue in the United States peaked at $14.6 billion (all numbers are from the RIAA). It is important to be precise, though, about what was being sold:

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Facebook's '10 Year Challenge' Is Just a Harmless Meme—Right?

 Facebook's '10 Year Challenge' Is Just a Harmless Meme—Right?

If you use social media, you've probably noticed a trend across Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter of people posting their then-and-now profile pictures, mostly from 10 years ago and this year. My flippant tweet began to pick up traction.

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The 2018 Stratechery Year in Review

 The 2018 Stratechery Year in Review

In last year’s Stratechery Year in Review I noted that the predominant theme was the impact of tech on society; perhaps unsurprisingly, the dominant theme in 2018 was tech and regulation.

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The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Phenomenon, Ninja’s 2018, Facebook and the Human Condition

Stratechery.com is supported by subscriptions to the Daily Update. The Daily Update consists of substantial analysis of the news of the day (~1800 words) delivered via three daily emails in addition to the free weekly article (four total articles per week).

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MongoDB Follow-up, AWS’ Incentives, Batteries: The iPhone’s Missing Miss

Stratechery.com is supported by subscriptions to the Daily Update. The Daily Update consists of substantial analysis of the news of the day (~1800 words) delivered via three daily emails in addition to the free weekly article (four total articles per week).

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life online in China, Russia, Cuba and India

 life online in China, Russia, Cuba and India

What’s it like in Cuba? In Cuba, internet access is limited. But if you can’t get to the internet, there are ways of bringing it physically to you.

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Exponent Podcast: A Significant Shift

On Exponent, the weekly podcast I host with James Allworth, we discuss Apple’s Errors. Listen to it here.

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