Bob Bryan
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I know "speculative tickets" sounds boring but I swear to God if you ever get anything off of StubHub, SeatGeek, Vivid Seats, etc. (and we all do), you are going to want to read this one. www.businessinsider.com/world-cup-gh...
Why so many tickets to concerts and sporting events on StubHub and SeatGeek are fake.
Ticket speculators are listing fake "ghost" tickets on platforms like StubHub, SeatGeek, and Vivid Seats before actual passes go on sale.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I know "speculative tickets" sounds boring but I swear to God if you ever get anything off of StubHub, SeatGeek, Vivid Seats, etc. (and we all do), you are going to want to read this one. www.businessinsider.com/world-cup-gh...
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the Great Lock In is upon us. Personally, i am locking in for the Birds and the Phillies, but plenty of people are taking on more personal goals this fall, hoping to emerge in 2026 as a better version of themselves.
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Welcome to the Great Lock-In: Gen Z workers are embracing hustle culture for the fall.
Proteinmaxxing. Sleepmaxxing. KPImaxxing. Get ready, hustle culture is about to swallow up your entire fall.
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September 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
the Great Lock In is upon us. Personally, i am locking in for the Birds and the Phillies, but plenty of people are taking on more personal goals this fall, hoping to emerge in 2026 as a better version of themselves.
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I wrote about that time Assembly Speaker Willie Brown casually suggested abolishing all of California's cities and counties www.businessinsider.com/lower-home-p...
America needs more homes. A long-forgotten idea from California could be the solution.
The suburbs around big cities are slowing down real estate development. Forming regional entities would make it easier and cheaper to buy a home.
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August 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I wrote about that time Assembly Speaker Willie Brown casually suggested abolishing all of California's cities and counties www.businessinsider.com/lower-home-p...
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The Meta AI app continues to be full of people who are accidentally posting private conversations publicly. I saw posts sharing phone numbers, email addresses, medical questions, a teen describing her crush, child custody questions. www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerb...
Why Mark Zuckerberg's AI app is one of the most depressing places online
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta AI app has become the saddest place on the internet with its public feed of personal overshares.
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June 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The Meta AI app continues to be full of people who are accidentally posting private conversations publicly. I saw posts sharing phone numbers, email addresses, medical questions, a teen describing her crush, child custody questions. www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerb...
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"Cambridge's upzoning may actually help to preserve the city's architectural heritage and New England character. At the same time, it is a model for how other cities can upzone in a manner that actually eases housing costs." www.businessinsider.com/bring-down-u...
One university town holds the key to solving America's housing shortage
Building more high-density apartment buildings can boost housing and lower home prices across a city. Cambridge, Massachusetts, is doing just that.
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April 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"Cambridge's upzoning may actually help to preserve the city's architectural heritage and New England character. At the same time, it is a model for how other cities can upzone in a manner that actually eases housing costs." www.businessinsider.com/bring-down-u...
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I talked to a bunch of people who shoplift from Whole Foods and whenever I asked if they felt bad the answer was absolutely not, because of Jeff Bezos. And listen, stealing is bad, but this is a very funny justification for pocketing a fancy cheese. www.businessinsider.com/stealing-ama...
It's not just setting Teslas on fire. Now irate Americans are shoplifting from Whole Foods.
People are stealing cheese from Whole Foods and committing return fraud at Amazon. They don't feel bad about retail theft; they're mad at Jeff Bezos.
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March 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I talked to a bunch of people who shoplift from Whole Foods and whenever I asked if they felt bad the answer was absolutely not, because of Jeff Bezos. And listen, stealing is bad, but this is a very funny justification for pocketing a fancy cheese. www.businessinsider.com/stealing-ama...
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gambling is probably not great but it is also super fun and that is indeed the dilemma. anyway, i wrote about gambling once again. www.businessinsider.com/sports-betti...
America is one big casino now
From elections and sports to stocks and meme coins, 2024 was the year gambling took over the economy
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December 19, 2024 at 3:54 PM
gambling is probably not great but it is also super fun and that is indeed the dilemma. anyway, i wrote about gambling once again. www.businessinsider.com/sports-betti...
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Wrote about how the AI company that says it’s most worried about safety is also thinking about the ethics of mistreating an AI. This is…philosophically fraught. www.businessinsider.com/weirdest-job...
The weirdest job in AI
Anthropic is tending to the "welfare" of AI bots — before they grow up and turn on us
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December 16, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Wrote about how the AI company that says it’s most worried about safety is also thinking about the ethics of mistreating an AI. This is…philosophically fraught. www.businessinsider.com/weirdest-job...
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Me on @businessinsider.com: Silicon Valley is in its divorced dad era, turning to flashy trinkets and cheap thrills rather than doing the hard work and introspection necessary to actually build the future.
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Sweaty, desperate, and sad: Big Tech is giving off divorced dad energy
Big Tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon are clinging to a bygone era, failing to innovate, and letting down their customers.
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August 6, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Me on @businessinsider.com: Silicon Valley is in its divorced dad era, turning to flashy trinkets and cheap thrills rather than doing the hard work and introspection necessary to actually build the future.
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I'm back on @businessinsider.com with a piece about how Managers and Management consultants have stolen Silicon Valley from those who actually make hardware and software, and how the only way to save the tech industry is to hand power back to the builders.
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Silicon Valley needs a new kind of savior
To reignite innovation, Silicon Valley needs to get rid of the overpowered managers and put people who actually build the tech back in charge.
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June 11, 2024 at 3:09 PM
I'm back on @businessinsider.com with a piece about how Managers and Management consultants have stolen Silicon Valley from those who actually make hardware and software, and how the only way to save the tech industry is to hand power back to the builders.
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Here's Part 2 of this week's Better Offline podcast. I walk you through the many signs that we're on the verge of the AI bubble popping - and what the consequences might be if it does.
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April 12, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Here's Part 2 of this week's Better Offline podcast. I walk you through the many signs that we're on the verge of the AI bubble popping - and what the consequences might be if it does.
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Today's newsletter: I believe that we're in an AI bubble where hype has vastly outpaced adoption, nobody is making any money, and generative AI companies are running out of data and resources to train their models before proving themselves necessary. wheresyoured.at/bubble-troub...
Bubble Trouble
As I previously warned, artificial intelligence companies are running out of data. A Wall Street Journal piece from this week has sounded the alarm that some believe AI models will run out of
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April 4, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Today's newsletter: I believe that we're in an AI bubble where hype has vastly outpaced adoption, nobody is making any money, and generative AI companies are running out of data and resources to train their models before proving themselves necessary. wheresyoured.at/bubble-troub...
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My latest on @businessinsider.com: if you're scared about automation taking over your life, you're already too late - shadowy algorithms already control vast swaths of society, and only the rich and powerful can opt out.
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Our AI future is about to make one basic resource insanely valuable
Fears about AI making decisions for you in the future are misplaced — because computers already control your life.
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April 2, 2024 at 4:59 PM
My latest on @businessinsider.com: if you're scared about automation taking over your life, you're already too late - shadowy algorithms already control vast swaths of society, and only the rich and powerful can opt out.
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Good morning! I wrote about why falling response rates and a conspiracy of bosses left everyone with the wrong impression about the post-COVID economy.
What the polls get very, very wrong about the economy
The way we measure and survey Americans has allowed the louder, angrier, wealthier voices to distort our view of the economy.
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March 12, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Good morning! I wrote about why falling response rates and a conspiracy of bosses left everyone with the wrong impression about the post-COVID economy.
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I'm back on @businessinsider.com with a new piece about how the Return-To-Office fight is getting dirty, with executives demanding workers return to the office based on nothing but vibes - and how the media is helping by championing extremely questionable anti-remote studies.
The fight over return-to-office is getting dirty
Bosses pushing return-to-office policies are relying on a few, questionable studies to back up the claim that remote work is less productive.
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November 7, 2023 at 5:03 PM
I'm back on @businessinsider.com with a new piece about how the Return-To-Office fight is getting dirty, with executives demanding workers return to the office based on nothing but vibes - and how the media is helping by championing extremely questionable anti-remote studies.
Home to Charlie’s Restaurant and the best country ham I’ve ever had
Bayboro, North Carolina
Population: 1,240
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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayboro,_North_Carolina
Population: 1,240
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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayboro,_North_Carolina
November 1, 2023 at 1:57 AM
Home to Charlie’s Restaurant and the best country ham I’ve ever had
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"Toyota is raising the wages of its factory workers — all of them non-unionized — after the UAW strikes at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis culminated in pay hikes for unionized employees." www.axios.com/2023/10/31/t...
Toyota raised wages immediately after UAW deals
Toyota is raising the wages of its non-unionized factory workers after the UAW strikes at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis culminated in pay hikes for unionized employees.
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October 31, 2023 at 11:17 PM
"Toyota is raising the wages of its factory workers — all of them non-unionized — after the UAW strikes at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis culminated in pay hikes for unionized employees." www.axios.com/2023/10/31/t...
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Like this one too. It's truly unreal how expensive energy was in the early-2010s.
September 19, 2023 at 5:07 PM
Like this one too. It's truly unreal how expensive energy was in the early-2010s.
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I'm back on @businessinsider.com
with a piece that asks a simple question: CEOs are paid 300x more than their workers while having vague deliverables and little accountability - so why not replace them with AI? www.businessinsider.com/ceo-replace-...
with a piece that asks a simple question: CEOs are paid 300x more than their workers while having vague deliverables and little accountability - so why not replace them with AI? www.businessinsider.com/ceo-replace-...
The modern CEO job is completely broken — but AI could make executives useful again
CEOs have become number-crunching automatons with no vision. They should replaced with AI that would be more effective and drive company success.
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September 11, 2023 at 4:39 PM
I'm back on @businessinsider.com
with a piece that asks a simple question: CEOs are paid 300x more than their workers while having vague deliverables and little accountability - so why not replace them with AI? www.businessinsider.com/ceo-replace-...
with a piece that asks a simple question: CEOs are paid 300x more than their workers while having vague deliverables and little accountability - so why not replace them with AI? www.businessinsider.com/ceo-replace-...
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New one from Jack Newsham: Wealthy suspects deemed a flight risk pay for mansions with armed guards instead of a jail cell before trial. But minimal oversight let one suspect, "Fat Leonard," escape his luxury jail — and we talked to one of his former guards
Rich white-collar suspects are spending millions to turn their luxury homes into jails with 24/7 gua...
White-collar suspects are paying for bespoke house arrest, designing their own luxurious version of jail while awaiting trial or sentencing.
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July 27, 2023 at 1:03 PM
New one from Jack Newsham: Wealthy suspects deemed a flight risk pay for mansions with armed guards instead of a jail cell before trial. But minimal oversight let one suspect, "Fat Leonard," escape his luxury jail — and we talked to one of his former guards
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Prime Age Employment-Population Ratio just hit its highest level since spring 2001
July 7, 2023 at 12:37 PM
Prime Age Employment-Population Ratio just hit its highest level since spring 2001
New from Renaissance Macro's Neil Dutta: "Given the increasing number of reasons to be upbeat on the US economy, it's time for Wall Street's recessionistas to admit defeat."
https://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-recession-stock-market-crash-calls-wrong-economy-housing-2023-6
https://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-recession-stock-market-crash-calls-wrong-economy-housing-2023-6
It's time for Wall Street's fearmongers to admit they were wrong about a recession
Wall Street fearmongers keep warning that a recession and stock market crash are just around the corner. It's time to start ignoring them.
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July 5, 2023 at 2:15 PM
New from Renaissance Macro's Neil Dutta: "Given the increasing number of reasons to be upbeat on the US economy, it's time for Wall Street's recessionistas to admit defeat."
https://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-recession-stock-market-crash-calls-wrong-economy-housing-2023-6
https://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-recession-stock-market-crash-calls-wrong-economy-housing-2023-6