THE PUBLISH JOURNAL
Market facts, on-this-day moments, counter-intuitive research, and news worth the second read. written from the operator's seat, not the newswire's.
EDITORIALThe wrong response to this essay is to delete ChatGPT, swear off AI, and feel virtuous. AI is not going away and refusing to use it is not a strategy - it is an aesthetic. The right response is more nuanced and harder, which is why almost nobody will do it.
EDITORIALMay 11-15, 2026. Trump lands in Beijing. Iran shock fed inflation. The Strait of Hormuz still closed.
EDITORIALBrian Armstrong a CEO of Coinbase posted a long message on X - "rebuilding Coinbase as an intelligence, with humans around the edge aligning it,". Coinbase laid off 14% of staff that day - about 700 people - and Armstrong did something I have not seen any other CEO do - he fired the management team.