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March 10, 2025Episode 131 hr 19 min

The First King of Home Computing

Jack Tramiel, a Holocaust survivor-turned-tech titan, revolutionized computing by making it accessible to everyday families. His ruthless business tactics and vertical integration strategy at Commodore created the Commodore 64, the home computer that launched the next generation of tech careers and shaped our digital present. This piece, published first on Every and now adapted for audio, is the latest in a series by writer Gareth Edwards on the history of the personal computer—and the individuals responsible for bringing it to everyday consumers.If you found this essay interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share. If you want more from Every on cutting-edge technology, check out our weekly podcast series, AI & I, where host Dan Shipper interviews luminaries and experts like Reid Hoffman, Tyler Cowen, and Steven Johnson. And sign up for Every to get our Ultimate Guide to Prompting ChatGPTSubscribe to Every.Follow us on X.

June 14, 2024Episode 1255 min

The Misfit Who Built the IBM PC

From IBM’s backwater offices in Boca Raton, Florida, Don Estridge ushered in the era of personal home computers. He was a corporate misfit who broke all of the company’s rules in order to change the world.This piece, published first on Every and now adapted for audio, is the latest in a series by the writer Gareth Edwards on the history of the personal computer—and the individuals responsible for bringing it to everyday consumers. If you found this essay interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share. If you want more from Every on cutting-edge technology, check out our weekly podcast series, AI and I, where host Dan Shipper interviews luminaries and experts like Reid Hoffman, Tyler Cowenl, and Steven Johnson.And sign up for Every to get our ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT.Subscribe to Every.Follow us on X.

May 10, 2024Episode 1115 min

ChatGPT Is Changing Our Understanding of the Human Intellect

ChatGPT is changing what it means to feel uniquely human. Large language models have the ability to mimic human creativity and spout human knowledge at record speeds—and they’re getting more powerful by the day. But while this technology might seem scary, it doesn’t need to be.Every CEO Dan Shipper puts it this way: “ChatGPT doesn’t replace me. It just changes what it is that I do.” In this essay, Dan makes a case for a new understanding of human intellect, drawing on examples from medicine, psychology, and philosophy.If you found this essay interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share. If you want more from Every on cutting-edge technology, check out our weekly podcast series, How Do You Use ChatGPT?, where Dan interviews luminaries and experts like Reid Hoffman, Tyler Cowen, and David Perell.To hear more from Dan Shipper:Subscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribeFollow him on X: https://twitter.com/danshipper

April 12, 2024Episode 1056 min

She Built a Microcomputer Empire From Her Suburban Home

Lore Harp McGovern was one of the most influential women in the history of computing, but her story, and her company, haven’t been given their due. Harp McGovern spurned the life of a housewife and built a multimillion-dollar personal computer company, called Vector Graphic, from scratch. In this essay, published first on Every and now adapted for audio, writer Gareth Edwards tells the story of Harp McGovern, who took Silicon Valley by storm in the 1970s, and makes a convincing case for why she should be remembered as a founding mother of the computer age tIf you found this essay interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share. If you want more from Every on cutting-edge technology, check out our weekly podcast series, How Do You Use ChatGPT?, where host Dan Shipper interviews luminaries and experts like Tyler Cowen, David Perell, and Sahil Lavingia.And sign up for Every to get our ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT.Subscribe to Every.Follow us on X.

March 8, 2024Episode 99 min

Ads in the Age of AI

Ads subsidize our entire information ecosystem, keeping content free and accessible for everyone. AI may change all that by reducing both the amount of ads being served and the amount of time that people spend browsing—a one-two punch that will be devastating for the revenue of internet-reliant businesses. In this essay, Every lead writer Evan Armstrong argues that the result will be an entirely new techno-economic paradigm for the internet. If you found this essay interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share. If you want more from Every on cutting-edge technology, check out our weekly podcast series, How Do You Use ChatGPT?, where host Dan Shipper interviews luminaries and experts like Tyler Cowen, David Perell, and Sahil Lavingia.Subscribe to Every.Follow us on X.

March 4, 2024Episode 753 min

The Rise and Fall of Steve Jobs’s Greatest Rival

In the early 1980s, two rivals waged a public war for the soul of home computing: Adam Osborne and Steve Jobs. Yet only Steve Jobs is remembered today. This is the forgotten story of the Osborne 1, the world's first mass-market portable computer, and of its charismatic and visionary creator, Adam Osborne. Osborne’s computer company seemed set to rival Apple itself—until a spectacular collapse into bankruptcy in 1984.In this essay, first published by Every and now adapted by its author, historian and digital strategist Gareth Edwards walks us through the secret history of the first PC revolution. It’s vital context for our present moment, as AI promises to revolutionize technology just like the PC and the internet did before. In order to understand what’s ahead, we need to reckon with how we got here in the first place.Let us know what you think.If you found this essay interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share. If you want more from Every on cutting-edge technology, check out our weekly podcast series, How Do You Use ChatGPT?, where host Dan Shipper interviews luminaries and experts like Tyler Cowen, David Perell, and Sahil Lavingia.Subscribe to Every.Follow us on X.

March 1, 2024Episode 86 min

Reddit: The Internet’s Bellwether

Reddit is a special place on the internet that happens to be a mediocre business. However, its recent S-1 document revealed something interesting: It could potentially build a business licensing user data to AI companies. Is this the future, or a fiction? Listen to this essay by Every lead writer Evan Armstrong to learn about this new potential revenue stream for companies. If you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share. If you want more from Every on cutting-edge technology, check out Dan’s weekly podcast series, How Do You Use ChatGPT?, where host Dan Shipper interviews luminaries and experts like Tyler Cowen, David Perell, and Sahil Lavingia.Subscribe to Every.Follow us on X.

February 23, 2024Episode 614 min

AI and the Vision Pro Don’t Need a Killer App

Everyone is hunting for the killer app—software so good that it justifies the purchase of new hardware. But the new tech platforms of AI and virtual reality may not even need a killer app. This isn’t a matter of semantics: Whoever gains power in the platforms of the future will garner more power than we’ve ever dreamed. Read this for an in-depth analysis of what kind of companies are best positioned to win. If you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share. If you want more from Every on cutting-edge technology, check out Dan’s weekly podcast series, How Do You Use ChatGPT?, where host Dan Shipper interviews luminaries and experts like Tyler Cowen, David Perell, and Sahil Lavingia. Subscribe to Every. Follow us on X.

February 15, 2024Episode 511 min

Autonomous Vehicles Have a Problem of Narrative

Last weekend, a crowd of revelers in San Francisco’s Chinatown burned an autonomous vehicle from Waymo down to its frame. Tech is now the fifth least-trusted industry in America, having experienced a rapid loss in confidence by the American public after years of having been among the most admired. How did it come to this? Evan argues that these incidents signal that tech needs to get realistic and optimistic by embracing risk—but doing so in a way that brings the American public along with it. If you found this essay interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share. If you want more from Every on cutting-edge technology, check out our weekly podcast series, How Do You Use ChatGPT?, where host Dan Shipper interviews luminaries and experts like Tyler Cowen, David Perell, and Sahil Lavingia.Subscribe to Every.Follow us on X.

February 10, 2024Episode 433 min

Crypto’s Prophet Speaks

Chris Dixon, the patron saint of crypto, is still preaching the gospel.In this essay, Every lead writer Evan Armstrong deconstructs Dixon’s new book, Read Write Own, in which the venture capitalist proffers his still-faithful argument for how crypto and blockchain technology can change the internet—and the world. Evan isn’t convinced. “I finished it believing that blockchains can solve niche use cases that rely on the technology’s properties,” he writes. “I was equally convinced that crypto’s promise has been greatly inflated.” While Dixon diagnoses many of the internet’s problems, crypto won’t be the thing that saves it.Over crypto? Still all-in? Let us know what you think. If you found this essay interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share. If you want more from Every on cutting-edge technology, check out our weekly podcast series, How Do You Use ChatGPT?, where host Dan Shipper interviews luminaries and experts like Tyler Cowen, David Perell, and Sahil Lavingia.Subscribe to Every.Follow us on X.

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