Ben Guttmann

Where does the internet happen?

We’ve long talked about the internet as a single thing — something that can be “broken” by photos of Kim Kardashian for instance — despite it being this complex billion-starred cosmos of niches small and large. Where does this idea of “the internet” live?

January 22, 2022

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22 Ways To See The City

Words have the power to change how we see things and how we think. Over these past couple turbulent and transformative years, I’ve been among many who have been seeing the world anew, and I’ve been collecting these ideas, these lenses, that allow for a new way of seeing our city.

January 13, 2022

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If you ran it again

But there are plenty of great performers that don’t achieve this level of success. Wild success takes both ability and fortune. Luck is an inextricable component of the recipe.

January 6, 2022

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I Miss the Office, But it’s Not Time to Go Back

I’m an extrovert. I love seeing and interacting with people, it gives me energy and makes me a happier, more productive person to be together with others. I miss seeing my co-workers, my clients, my students, and these past 130-some-odd days have been tough. But it’s not time to go back yet.

August 5, 2020

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What’s going to change after this

Like many of you, I’ve been thinking a lot about what happens on the other side of this horrible moment. What happens when we step outside with confidence for the first time in however many weeks or months — what does that world look like?

April 23, 2020

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