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Elon's million-dollar writing prize was of course a scheme
The Architect’s Dream, by Thomas Cole (1840)
Not long after I announced my own $10,000 essay prize, coined as the “world’s largest open1 essay prize,” Elon launched his own: $1,000,000 for the best article on X. Immediate deflation. I did...
Buy my book: The Best Internet Essays 2025
I’ve written three posts about this anthology now, but if you only read the subject lines, you might not know I’m selling a book. So, final call! It ships in 3 days, on Monday, April 6th around 5pm ET.
The Best Internet Essays 2025 is a po...
We are big floating heads looking for our bodies
This post is based on a chat with , winner of the 2025 Essay Architecture Prize, whose essay is featured in our anthology, The Best Internet Essays 2025. The book is being sold on Metalabel, where 100% of royalties go to the writers, judges...
Human-shaped sensemaking
I remember flipping through TIME’s 1999 Year in Review in elementary school, thinking some all-seeing committee had seen it all, reporting on the celebrities, wars, and gadgets that would one day make a history textbook. It wasn’t just a re...
Winners of the $10k essay prize
A friend texted me this weekend—“I am too addicted to Claude code and need to touch grass. You said I should read an essay book can you recommend one that I can order physical”—not knowing I was about to launch The Best Internet Essays 2025...
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Architect-turned-writer, building Essay Architecture (https://essayarchitecture.com). Developing a textbook, a library, editing software, an essay prize, and an annual anthology. The Best Internet Essays 2025, available on Metalabel through 4/6.
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