davekarpf

Associate Professor at GWU. Internet politics researcher. The guy who made that one Bret Stephens joke that one time. davekarpf.substack.com

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2024-10-20 15:12:54 UTC

Elon Musk's grand electoral ploy is to commit a bunch of blatant election-law crimes.
Because Elon Musk thinks laws are for little people.
https://open.substack.com/pub/davekarpf/p/turns-out-the-october-surprise-is?r=eeyg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

2024-10-04 17:06:22 UTC

Some guy in The Atlantic is making fun of Sam Altman today.
(It’s me. The guy making fun of Sam Altman in The Atlantic is me.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/10/sam-altman-mythmaking/680152/

2024-09-13 18:13:54 UTC

I have some thoughts on Paul Graham's latest essay, "Founder Mode."
Paul Graham founded YCombinator. His singular influence has been to drive Silicon Valley toward producing endless Sam Altmans and zero Aaron Swartzs.
Every time he speaks, we are all worse off.
https://open.substack.com/pub/davekarpf/p/paul-graham-and-the-cult-of-the-founder?r=eeyg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

2024-07-31 12:55:44 UTC

The Dems are the party of Taylor Swift, the NFL, and Bud Light.
The Republicans are the party of getting banned from regional theater productions of Beetlejuice: The Musical.
The reason “weird” works is that they spent 8 years selecting for edgelords.
https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/why-youre-being-weird-works-so-well