Matt O'Brien

The Aletheia Problem

All our success depends on making the right decisions, yet our public decision-making process is primitive. Can software revolutionize the pursuit of truth?

Matt O'Brien4 min read

Software is Eating Advertising (and I like it)

How the digital ad business is creating the ideal relationship between consumers, publishers, and advertisers.

Matt O'Brien11 min read

Why Software Will Eat Democracy

It’s easy to be pessimistic about our collective future, but this attitude misses one important trend: software is eating the world. This is the first installment of a series exploring how software will fix democracy.

Matt O'Brien6 min read