Evan is the lead writer at Every. He explores power and profit in technology in his twice-weekly Napkin Math column.
AI is making a world where it costs nothing to produce anything. What happens next?
A $100B Bet on Two Brothers
It's A Brave New World
2024 is the year I go big
Startups screw up sometimes, but making things cheaper is a moral necessity
I’m wondering if I can deep-fry my way out of the apocalypse
Neither hellscape nor utopia—the internet makes society anew
My sick, unexplainable desire to buy a face computer
How MSCHF turns irreverent ideas into a real business
The Embedded Human
This is the dumbest AI will ever be—and it’s still magic
A Book Review
How can you know when to invest?
No one cares, so take more risks
A personal essay
And it means there are big changes ahead for what software can do
Interest rates do not equal innovation rates
Why community and social network effects will be key to winning the future
People who promise high returns forever are liars
How to think about investing in a startup versus a public company
What consumer tech and media got wrong
AI is about to remake our information ecosystem and it is past time for us to prepare
Seven Years of Freedom
The tech industry needs to be honest about the trade-offs of risk