Ryan Kennedy

Ryan Kennedy

Cory Doctorov

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A section from the title page of a document reading ‘Miscellaneous chemical engineering problems: Summary technical report of the National Defense Research Committee, Office of Scientific Research and Development, Vannevar Bush, President.’ It is rubber-stamped ‘DECLASSIFIED By authority Secretary of Defense memo 2 August 1960 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Sep 22 1960.’
A rotting apartment living room; the Wall Street ‘Charging Bull’ statue is in one corner; from one of its horns dangles a sign reading ‘FOR RENT WALL ST.’ Through a crumbling doorway, we see an aristocrat laid out on a guillotine, about to be beheaded. Image: Sam Valadi (modified) https://www.flickr.com/photos/132084522@N05/17086570218/ Carlos Delgado (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wall_Street_-_New_York_Stock_Exchange.jpg
The flexible, adhesive-backed ‘sticker’ circuit board that man-in-the-middles an HP printer cartridge. Image: Jay Summet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ya184uaTE
Ryan Kennedy

Ryan Kennedy

Medium Weekly Review - Let me be your Algorithm baby

879 stories

A section from the title page of a document reading ‘Miscellaneous chemical engineering problems: Summary technical report of the National Defense Research Committee, Office of Scientific Research and Development, Vannevar Bush, President.’ It is rubber-stamped ‘DECLASSIFIED By authority Secretary of Defense memo 2 August 1960 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Sep 22 1960.’
Ryan Kennedy

Ryan Kennedy

Physics

899 stories

A mountain stream running into the unknown
Beautiful ice crystal patterns obscure a view through a window
Ryan Kennedy

Ryan Kennedy

Branding writing marketing

101 stories

Ryan Kennedy

Ryan Kennedy

Economics and the Market

57 stories

A worn pair of work boots
The ruins of the Temple of Jupiter, taken in the late 18th century, overlooking a stretch Lebanon. It has been emblazoned with the 1970s-era logo for the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Before it stands a figure taken from an early 1900s illustrated bible, depicting a Hebrew priest making an offering to the golden calf at the foot of Mt Sinai. The priest’s head has been replaced with the head of Milton Friedman. The calf has been adorned with a golden top-hat and a radiating h
Two suited business-men sit knee-to-knee in a luxuriously paneled boardroom, smiling broadly at one another. They are tinted green and limned with green. Behind them stands a rank of child laborers in 19th century workwear, looking miserable. Behind the laborer, a sack of gold coins looms into the frame, spilling a cascade of gold coins. On the coffee table before the men is a tiny guillotine with a tiny aristocrat about to lose his head while two tiny Jacobins look on.
Ryan Kennedy

Ryan Kennedy

Spirituality

111 stories

Ryan Kennedy

Ryan Kennedy

Law and IP

7 stories

An early 20th century editorial cartoon depicting the Standard Oil Company an a world-spanning octopus clutching the organs of state — White House, Capitol dome, etc — in its tentacles. It has been altered: to its left, curled within its tentacles, stands an early 20th century cartoon depicting Uncle Sam as a policeman with a billyclub, with a DOJ Antitrust Division crest on his chest. On its right, one of its tentacles clutches an early Google ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ button. Its head has been color
Ryan Kennedy

Ryan Kennedy

Business

106 stories

Ryan Kennedy

Ryan Kennedy

Leftist Economics

53 stories

The interior of a luxury sedan as seen from the driver’s PoV, with the driver’s hands on the wheel. Mounted to the vent is a Spotify ‘Car Thing’ — a $90 tablet designed to stream Spotify music. The image has been altered. The sky behind the driver’s windscreen is animated TV static. The album thumbnail on the Car Thing UI has been replaced with a ‘code waterfall’ effect as seen in the credit sequences of the Wachowskis’ ‘Matrix’ movies. A skeletal robed figure, clutching a sheaf of documents hea
Abraham Bosse’s 17th century etching of David with a defeated Goliath. In the original, David marvels at his sling while standing astride the giant head of Goliath, which has been severed and sports a notable forehead-dent. The image has been modified, replacing the rock in David’s sling with the Earth, and adding a monocle and top-hat to Goliath’s severed head.
Ryan Kennedy

Ryan Kennedy

Fun

10 stories

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Ryan Kennedy

Covid

11 stories

A light box with the words “STAY CURIOUS” spelled out on it, sitting on a desk in front of a stack of books, with a pen lying on the desk in front of it. The entire photo has been tinted dark blue
Ryan Kennedy

Ryan Kennedy

Stokastic

55 stories

Ryan Kennedy

Ryan Kennedy

For later

46 stories

The Finnish flag in white and blue against a grey sky
Ryan Kennedy

Ryan Kennedy

AI

1 story

IMAGE: The Meta logo on the exterior of the company headquarters
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Ryan Kennedy

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