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WHY SUBSTACK WILL BE THE INTELLECTUAL ENGINE OF THE 21ST CENTURY

One of the prerequisites for bringing about the civilizational-scale change during the Enlightenment was a series of technological innovations that dramatically improved communications among the intellectual elites. The Enlightenment saw the widespread printing of secular books, the spread of newspapers, and the build-out of public postal systems - innovations that allowed people to send letters to each other, read each other's books, and keep up to date with news happening in other countries. Communication tools like Substack allow people to engage in the work of ideating and iterating ways to solve challenges and build society. These tools are more accessible than ever and allow us to hear from a wide range of people.

THE GEMINIFICATION OF CHROME

Google is bringing Gemini and Gemini Live to Chrome for Mac and Windows. The integration will initially let users ask questions about pages - future versions will be able to navigate the web and take actions on users' behalf. Google is currently in the middle of the remedy phase of an antitrust trial that it lost, and one of the things the Justice Department wants to take from the company is Chrome. The integration may shift Chrome from a piece of older technology to a vessel ready to carry Google to dominance in AI. This may raise complaints from startups like Perplexity and The Browser Company, which are both on the verge of launching new AI browsers, and cause more issues with Google's case.

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