EPISODE · Sep 19, 2022 · 24 MIN
Indistinguishable from Magic
from "Age of Miracles" · host Packy McCormick | Turpentine
Monday Audio Essay: "Indistinguishable from Magic" Packy explores "magic" in tech and how it impacts the startup lifecycle: "It’s the Magical Startup Circle of Life. A startup, if it’s lucky, creates magic, turns that magic into dollars, and transitions to life as a successful Big Muggle Company, capable of enormous profits and power but no longer able to conjure magic. Then a new Magician comes along, using sufficiently advanced technology to build something indistinguishable from magic, and uses that magic as a wedge to challenge the Big Muggle Company." To read the full essay with graphics, head over to notboring.co. Thanks to Polywork for sponsoring this Monday's essay! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ageofmiracles/message
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Monday Audio Essay: "Indistinguishable from Magic" Packy explores "magic" in tech and how it impacts the startup lifecycle: "It’s the Magical Startup Circle of Life. A startup, if it’s lucky, creates magic, turns that magic into dollars, and transitions to life as a successful Big Muggle Company, capable of enormous profits and power but no longer able to conjure magic. Then a new Magician comes along, using sufficiently advanced technology to build something indistinguishable from magic, and uses that magic as a wedge to challenge the Big Muggle Company." To read the full essay with graphics, head over to notboring.co. Thanks to Polywork for sponsoring this Monday's essay! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ageofmiracles/message
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