{"id":139,"slug":"evans-benedict","name":"Evans, Benedict","type":"person","created_at":"2026-08-08T04:34:54.742491+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":["Evans, Ben"],"episodes":[{"id":"749ac11b-7a3c-4811-9479-2b27edd30cf7","slug":"s17e04-you-dont-want-an-intelligent-assistant","subject":"s17e04: You don’t want an intelligent assistant; Protocols, Not Platforms","title":"You don’t want an intelligent assistant; Protocols, Not Platforms","publish_date":"2024-01-12T01:52:19.191130+00:00","year":2024,"month":1,"season":17,"episode":4,"episode_label":"s17e04","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s17e04-you-dont-want-an-intelligent-assistant/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2754,"context":" … Personality; A Rule about Designing Games\n(\narchive.is\n), me, 10 January, 2024\n↩︎\n\n<mark>Benedict Evans</mark>\n, Threads, 10 January, 2024\n↩︎\n\nWhy Would I Buy This Useless, Evil Thing? - Aftermath\n(\narchive … ","reading_minutes":14},{"id":"427e14e9-eab0-4b51-8d1e-cf192fad6a72","slug":"s09e16-irritated-about-content-moderation-a-few","subject":"s09e16: Irritated About Content Moderation; A Few Small Things","title":"Irritated About Content Moderation; A Few Small Things","publish_date":"2021-04-16T17:44:54.121093+00:00","year":2021,"month":4,"season":9,"episode":16,"episode_label":"s09e16","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s09e16-irritated-about-content-moderation-a-few/","is_premium":0,"word_count":3278,"context":" … 1.2 <mark>Benedict Evans</mark> and Content Moderation\n\n<mark>Benedict Evans</mark> (not the other Ben, Ben\nStratechery Thompson\n), posted an essay the other day, \"\nIs content moderation a dead end … ","reading_minutes":16},{"id":"b91b651c-5008-487c-a633-2633e0660332","slug":"s5e03-welcome-to-the-churn","subject":"s5e03: Welcome to the Churn","title":"Welcome to the Churn","publish_date":"2017-09-26T00:00:00+00:00","year":2017,"month":9,"season":5,"episode":3,"episode_label":"s05e03","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s5e03-welcome-to-the-churn/","is_premium":0,"word_count":5142,"context":" … Sorry. 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