JA Westenberg

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My book, Permissionless, is now free to read in its entirety on Medium: https://joanwestenberg.medium.com/permissionless-59a611d50727

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No, I’m not pivoting to LinkedIn thoughtfluencer. Yes, you should hit me up on the hellscape anyway: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanwestenberg/

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This account supports Taco Bell with a daily crunch wrap supreme since May 28, 2025.

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The best content strategy is still: 1. Have a spine 2. Say something 3. Don’t delete it the next morning

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If I ever start a bar, I’m calling it The Adjective Noun

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The more public health works, the more people think they don’t need it. That’s how anti-vaxx became a luxury belief: Safety becomes ambient, and ambience invites sabotage. https://www.theindex.media/the-herd-immunity-illusion/

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Vice is dead. BuzzFeed is gutted. Reddit is paywalled. Twitter is ruined. We are rapidly running out of places to be interesting online.

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Progress is the story we tell to explain why the side effects were worth it.

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We don’t live in “eventually.” We live right now. https://www.joanwestenberg.com/ai-will-create-plenty-of-jobs/

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The content of the internet is television. The content of television was radio. The content of radio was print. We're always driving forward looking backward.

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The old markers of authority—degrees, credentials, titles—are faltering. What replaces them isn’t rebellion. It’s competence without permission. Permissionless 2.0 is out now - a book about bypassing gatekeepers and institutions. https://permissionlessbook.com

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In the middle of Russia’s deadliest airstrike of the war, Trump couldn’t hold a coherent position for more than five minutes. First, he’s mad at Putin. Then he’s reminiscing about how well they get along. Then he’s ranting about socks and iPhones. The show must go on. https://www.theindex.media/air-raid-sirens-and-sound-bites/

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Google are responsible for the worst iPad apps in existence, and it’s not even close.

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Look, I’m not saying AI won’t create jobs. But if people are going to keep making this prediction, I’m going to need to start seeing some examples. Otherwise, you’re just asking us to accept an article of faith.

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It makes fuck-all sense to be on Twitter when Farcaster exists. Sorry, but that’s just facts. Is it perfect here? No. But it’s actively innovating, has a focused / dedicated team, and isn’t a damn cess pool.

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History isn’t a crystal ball. But it is a user manual for human nature—flawed, brilliant, and remarkably consistent.

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Deleting social media apps from your phone might be the highest ROI mental health move you can make in under 30 seconds.

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Every creative person has two wolves inside them. One wants to start a newsletter. The other wants to fake their own death.

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