The Field School of Hvar
A conversation with Carolyn Zelikow
Vinay Gupta
I write essays that cut through the bullshit in news, economics, and culture. A global lens shaped by years in New York, London, and work across continents. One tight piece worth your time in almost every issue.
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When Taste Matters
Taste is not just prescient. It's also a lagging indicator. It shows up when engineering alone is not enough. Conventional wisdom is that taste enables you to see into the future. Tastemakers are meant to see ahead. Yet, they often don’t have the opportunity to influence tastes
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Data Exhaust
What happens when you give Claude skills
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Die With Zero
A book club discussion with Brown Papas Unite
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Paying People To Get Out Of The Way
Last week at dinner, the conversation shifted to Universal Basic Income (UBI): Are we building systems to help people keep up, or to pay them to get out of the way? Someone referred to it as the permanent underclass. The conversation got quiet because this outcome is plausible, and many
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Some Places
The Clash of Inspiration and Order
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Control The Food
And why governance tends not to be dynastic in America.
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Teaching Your AI to Get to the Point
Tokens Don't Lie
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Collision Economics
Why Transactions Build Relationships - Part II
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How the U.S. is managing the dollar for higher margins and why the UAE just became the first premium customer
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The AI Commodity Layer
How they locked out competition before consumers even arrived
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Fear and Greed
Where is the equilibrium point?