People vs Algorithms | Troy Young | Substack

What you make is paramount, but how you pay for it is the unlock.

May 20

Media is perpetual change.

May 13

Optimizing what you are great at is the key to surviving difficult times.

May 26

Inside the machine, the most entertaining outcome is probably the most likely.

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We long to see ourselves in media. Is it different than it ever was? I think so.

Apr 28

Media used to be hard to make. Now it's only limited by imagination. And that makes things complicated.

Apr 21

See the media world more clearly.

Apr 14

Is media becoming a feature of everything else?

Apr 7

What makes a thing good. I asked around.

Mar 31

It’s time to simplify digital media. The generational media gap. The happiest place on earth. Good jobs. And more.

Mar 24

Think more about format. The List is the new pageview. Support independent media in Ukraine. What's it's like to work at a DAO and more.

Mar 17

How to explain digital media to your mom. A new kind of army fighting a new kind of war. The 90's. Huckberry has a killer job for you.

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