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Blake Montgomery
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Blake Montgomery is a journalist and fiction author in New York City, where he manages and edits the tech news team at Gizmodo. He previously wrote for The Daily Beast and BuzzFeed News.

I feel like it’s gonna be hard for anyone not to read the initial description of that guy as a douchebag without some proof that the profiles you were scrolling past were like “Confederate flag in background of picture of subject playing Battlefield 2 on computer perched on top of inverted laundry hamper, in field of Read more

Your example is still just going to generate literal shit, inferiour to any pulp fantasy series that aped Tolkein for decades after his death. Read more

“I don’t want my children to be guinea pigs for what happens when u raise kids around tech that thinks for them… I want them to learn how to write... Being able to read and write well deeply impacts the way you think.” Read more

My roommate was the number one swiped right dude in our city and was on Hinge’s 30 people under 30 list for men around the country. This was back in 2014ish I’d say, and the way his feed looked was not all that different than mine back then. He was pickier but literally matched with every girl he ever right swiped on, Read more

There’s a tremendous amount of hooplah around AI right now. As there is every shiny new thing that’s intended to supplant human beings. What it will end up as is AI as a tool to supplement low-level tasks. AI won’t replace designers or writers, simply because it creates generic stuff. It copies what’s been created. Read more

The maps thing is a generational thing (notice I said maps not Maps). I remember memorizing routes on paper maps and alternate routes in case I missed a turnoff. I remember pulling over to check my options if I missed a turnoff and recalculating the route. Read more

This can not be stressed enough. Through media we get all the fictional stories, funny and tragic, of LGBT+ teens coming out to themselves and their families. Like, it supposed to be then, when everyone else is making their heterosexual mistakes, that we can make our as well. Read more

Get out of  the “hookup culture” or you will never find meaningful human connection. The FOMO is real, and once dismissed you life will improve. Read more