PinnedMicah SifryThe Through-Line in My Writing“What is to be done?” I think about this question a lot. Not what is to be said, but done. A lot of writing about the contemporary world…·4 min read·Nov 1, 2021----
Micah SifryThe Question ChatGPT-3 Can’t AnswerIf coders are the unacknowledged legislators of our time, then OpenAI’s engineers are now rewriting the Constitution. Who watches the…·5 min read·Feb 24, 2023--5--5
Micah SifryDon’t Look Up, Unless You Want to Be DistractedThe real story isn’t Chinese balloons or a UFO cover-up; it’s why we’re wasting taxpayer billions on colonizing space·11 min read·Feb 17, 2023----
Micah SifryWhat the Media Forgot About David CrosbyHe was an unreconstructed 1960s radical who kept his political commitments til he died·3 min read·Jan 24, 2023--19--19
Micah SifryPutting the “Twitter Files” in Perspective (Part Two)You can’t understand this without looking at the larger project of people involved in the Meme Wars of the last decade·6 min read·Dec 16, 2022--1--1
Micah SifryPutting the “Twitter Files” in Perspective (Part One)The latest in an ongoing battle to control the narrative about democracy in America·6 min read·Dec 16, 2022--8--8
Micah SifryElection 2022: This is Gen Z’s MomentThere’s been a surge in youth voting since 2018, and if it continues it’s going to upend next week’s US election·4 min read·Oct 31, 2022----
Micah SifryElon Musk: “Après Moi, Le Déluge”Chasing crazy dreams, our would-be Big Tech Emperors are hastening the destruction of any kind of healthy democracy·5 min read·Oct 27, 2022--1--1
Micah SifryThe Lies Republicans Tell ThemselvesSupport for Trumpism, like support for Nazism, is built on a edifice of self-deception, as former GOP campaign guru Tim Miller’s new book…·9 min read·Oct 26, 2022--16--16
Micah SifryDoing the Work of Democracy Despite Lousy Tech and DataDoor-knocking is the best way to earn votes, but for all their vaunted tech savvy, Democrats’ core tools and voter data are a mess·5 min read·Oct 19, 2022----