Archive - Alex Danco's Newsletter

Wine tasting with Claude Shannon

Why we can’t resist a grain of truth within a crazy argument

Mar 6 •

February 2025

10 Predictions for the 2020s: Midterm report card

In December of 2019, which feels like quite a lifetime ago, I posted ten predictions about themes I thought would be important in the 2020s. In the…

Feb 27 •

Hello! / Gift Culture and magic

It’s great to be back writing!

Feb 21 •

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Innovation takes magic, and that magic is gift culture

Silicon Valley's great trick: recasting well-worn business procedures as moments of gift exchange

Feb 21 •

Have you ever seen a goth downtown?

Creativity after AI

Feb 14 •

Manifest Destiny Returns

Alex Danco's newsletter is back (for a limited time)

Feb 8 •

May 2022

Tokengated Commerce

A very special issue with Packy McCormick & Not Boring

May 2, 2022 •

November 2021

Alex Danco's Newsletter, Season 3 Episode 22

Nov 7, 2021 •

October 2021

When Did Things Happen?

Alex Danco's Newsletter, Season 3 Episode 21

Oct 17, 2021 •

September 2021

Twist Biosciences: The DNA API

Alex Danco's Newsletter, Season 3 Episode 20

Sep 26, 2021 •

August 2021

Alex Danco's Newsletter, Season 3, Episode 19

Aug 29, 2021 •

Dancoland, Part 5: The Two Meanings of Why

Welcome back to Part 5 of Dancoland.

Aug 22, 2021 •

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