Ben Tarnoff
@bentarnoff.com
sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
We've gathered some kind blurbs, including this one from Cory Doctorow
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We've gathered some kind blurbs, including this one from Cory Doctorow
I wrote a book with Quinn Slobodian called MUSKISM. It'll be published in the US in April 2026, and I hope you'll consider pre-ordering it.
The elevator pitch is: if Fordism defined the capitalism of the 20th century, Muskism may well define the capitalism of the 21st.
The elevator pitch is: if Fordism defined the capitalism of the 20th century, Muskism may well define the capitalism of the 21st.
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I wrote a book with Quinn Slobodian called MUSKISM. It'll be published in the US in April 2026, and I hope you'll consider pre-ordering it.
The elevator pitch is: if Fordism defined the capitalism of the 20th century, Muskism may well define the capitalism of the 21st.
The elevator pitch is: if Fordism defined the capitalism of the 20th century, Muskism may well define the capitalism of the 21st.
Everyone should subscribe to Long Haul. Beautifully made magazine of worker writing. Feels like the spiritual successor to Viewpoint longhaulmag.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Everyone should subscribe to Long Haul. Beautifully made magazine of worker writing. Feels like the spiritual successor to Viewpoint longhaulmag.com
MUSKISM (2026) by Q. Slobodian and B. Tarnoff
May 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
MUSKISM (2026) by Q. Slobodian and B. Tarnoff
On the other hand, VCs also want their companies to get acquired, which means the big firms can't be *too* constrained, especially when it comes to M&A. This accounts for a contradiction I tried to describe in a piece I did for the NYRB last year about Trumpist VCs
March 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
On the other hand, VCs also want their companies to get acquired, which means the big firms can't be *too* constrained, especially when it comes to M&A. This accounts for a contradiction I tried to describe in a piece I did for the NYRB last year about Trumpist VCs
My favorite part of writing this piece was getting the chance to think about the relationship between Hayek and what is now called AI
March 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My favorite part of writing this piece was getting the chance to think about the relationship between Hayek and what is now called AI
Shouldn’t have fired all the narratologists
March 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Shouldn’t have fired all the narratologists
Read @quinnslobodian.com in @nybooks.com on the "three strains of politics" converging in DOGE
February 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Read @quinnslobodian.com in @nybooks.com on the "three strains of politics" converging in DOGE
My book comes out in Spain today, published by Debate. Here's the cover. Link to follow
February 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My book comes out in Spain today, published by Debate. Here's the cover. Link to follow
Happy DeepSeek freakout day to all who celebrate! This, from Jack Clark, seems especially key: DeepSeek shows how to bootstrap a powerful "reasoning" model from a less powerful one relatively cheaply
January 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Happy DeepSeek freakout day to all who celebrate! This, from Jack Clark, seems especially key: DeepSeek shows how to bootstrap a powerful "reasoning" model from a less powerful one relatively cheaply
Fascinating @timbarker.bsky.social retrospective on Carter as austere austerian ourtime.substack.com/p/jimmy-cart...
January 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Fascinating @timbarker.bsky.social retrospective on Carter as austere austerian ourtime.substack.com/p/jimmy-cart...
But as Twitter becomes more right-wing it also becomes a rival to Truth Social, which might strain the Trump-Musk alliance
November 13, 2024 at 9:32 PM
But as Twitter becomes more right-wing it also becomes a rival to Truth Social, which might strain the Trump-Musk alliance
Companies might revive their ad spend on Twitter as an attempt to buy influence with Trump, via the FT
November 13, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Companies might revive their ad spend on Twitter as an attempt to buy influence with Trump, via the FT
On the stagnation of tech critique in 2024
October 6, 2024 at 2:48 PM
On the stagnation of tech critique in 2024
I reviewed Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk for the latest issue of the New York Review of Books. Themes include masculinity, sadness, Fordism, and poop www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
January 2, 2024 at 3:07 PM
I reviewed Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk for the latest issue of the New York Review of Books. Themes include masculinity, sadness, Fordism, and poop www.nybooks.com/articles/202...