Archive - Phil Rosen's Blog

AI is automating mediocrity out of existence

Artificial intelligence makes human intelligence cheap and pervasive.

Jul 2 •

June 2025

Friction in a world full of shortcuts

An increasingly digital world places a premium on IRL.

Jun 26 •

Cynicism is a strange status symbol for a world that keeps getting better

Everything incentivizes pessimism.

Jun 24 •

Charlie Munger had mental models for everything

The best investors think like philosophers and read books that have nothing to do with the stock market.

Jun 22 •

Mainstream media keeps bleeding talent to Substack

'The Atlantic' just lost its best writer and more top journalists will follow suit.

Jun 20 •

Friends who stick around

Keeping long-time friends as adults doesn't happen by accident.

Jun 18 •

Why Gen Z feels so trapped by this economy

Young people did everything right but they can't afford anything and AI is taking jobs.

Jun 16 •

Titans of New Media

I attended a16z's private, high-profile dinner during New York Tech Week.

Jun 5 •

AI is everywhere—until you leave New York

The future feels inevitable inside the tech bubble.

Jun 3 •

May 2025

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