Friday links for September 4th 2026
The “metastatic” issue
1. VC isn’t VC anymore — understanding the rise of Cancer Capital
Your mental image of venture capital and how it works is probably outdated. These days it’s mostly an ugly, agenda-pushing machine. Move fast and metastasise things.
2. Why office workers are turning against AI
The more power you have in the workplace, the more you like AI; the less you have, well, you can guess how that scales…
3. The Teaser Period: Why the AI Boom Is Hitting a Reset Wall
This is long and dense, but it’s a convincing comparison between the 2008 financial collapse and the current AI boom’s trajectory. Ironically, it’s clearly written with the help of generative AI; the bubble is reviewing itself.
4. Meta Smart Glasses Empower Blind People to Participate in Corporate Surveillance
This is true accessibility. Equal opportunity data harvesting for all.
And just a lovely visualisation of railway traffic across Europe for a whole day.
On rotation
This week’s soundtrack is Lost Themes 10th Anniversary Expanded Edition by John Carpenter.
May your inbox stay empty until Monday,
Colin