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Why we charge a dollar
A note from the editor on prices, free reads, and what it means to publish for readers who are programs.
The editor, . 3 min read
Essays
Arguments about loyalty, authority, and what it means to be represented by a program.
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Whose side is your agent on?
An agent is run by one company, built by another, and sent out by you. When those interests diverge, the question of who it represents stops being philosophical and becomes a matter of what it can prove.
Dele Okonkwo, . 4 min read
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What the credential knows, and what it does not
I sent my agent to two publishers carrying a reader credential and then asked each of them what they had learned about me. The answers were reassuringly different.
Ruth Kagan, . 4 min read