Alex Campolo
@alexcampolo
Enriched macaroni product. Broad interests in media, science, technology, social theory. Currently working on history of machine learning. SAFC
Striking chart from Torsten Slok. “In AI, profit margins are higher the further you get from the end user” www.apollo.com/wealth/insig...
Look at the contempt in which the architects of this deal - JP Morgan - hold football fans. You get the sense that they perversely enjoy this. The executives like Mary Erdoes also deserve much more public scrutiny. These people are just warped by greed and insularity. www.ft.com/content/c81d...
In another delusional statement, FIFA confirm how absolutely vital Martyn Ziegler’s reporting has been. He might be the journalist that saves the game - at least for now…
Good statement but needs action now. UEFA members need to boycott FIFA competitions
Again the pattern: An inability of decision-makers to see outside of themselves, to entertain the possibility that others have different sources of motivation and meaning. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/u...
What is the national security rationale for this withholding? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/i...
English coal transition. My favorite hobbyist topic. www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo...
I am always struck that he includes Max Weber on this (extremely German) list…
Dylan Riley agains merchant capitalism accounts: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
A shame these in-demand humanities students with critical thinking skills would choose such an unproductive and unfulfilling line of work 😜
This is going to be a visionary series edited by @connalparsley.bsky.social & co. "Normativity encompasses the formation of standards and ideals, as well as processes and practices of evaluation - but also that which guides and shapes life itself in its forms, structures and patterns."