Ben Briggs

FOX's Big Noon Selloff FOX choosing to air their top college football games at noon highlights a sport and culture run amok.

College football starts this weekend... I wrote about the dysfunctional set of "leaders" running the sport, and how they mirror a business and political culture run amok:

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FOX's Big Noon Selloff FOX choosing to air their top college football games at noon highlights a sport and culture run amok.

@audreysnyder.bsky.social Audrey, I'm a huge fan of your work subscriber over at Substack... I have a Substack as well, including a new piece of FOX's Big Noon Kick and how it represents a sport run amok by it's leaders... Would love if you were to subscribe: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Billionaires Are… The problem with the uber wealthy isn’t just that they’re wealthy. It’s that they spend their money on mostly boring and self-serving interests. How can we fix that?

I know a lot of Billionaires read my Substack posts... So I have a message for you all - No, you're not inherently evil because of your wealth, but whatever you're doing now, it's not enough.

A plea for sanity from our most successful and ambitious:

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What else do you think there is to do for fun in life? Sodoku? Wordle? What about telling total strangers everything about your childhood thinly disguised as a character that you are also calling art?

Trump's Tariffs and Misguided Anger Our collective nostalgia for American manufacturing has little to do with the profession itself, and everything to do with the outrageous cost of living.

Do we really yearn for manufacturing to return to the US? Or is it a more affordable America we crave? My thoughts on Trump's tariffs and directing our anger appropriately:

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The Stories Being Sold to Us Companies, universities and institutions are constantly telling us stories—do we even notice it anymore?

I have a new post on Substack about the stories being sold to us by companies, universities and institutions... I'd be so honored if you were to read and subscribe to my feed:

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A Week Without News I went a full week without consuming a single news item. Below was my experience and main takeaways... Can we step back from the brink?

I went a full without following the news. Here was my experience and core takeaways... Can we step back from the brink?

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I've heard a lot of reasons why Tik Tok shouldn't be shut down, except for the most obvious... It's time for us to be more honest in our public discourse:
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I'd like to share more of my writing out this year, and I figured, everyone else has a Substack, so why not me?

Here's a link to my first post - my musings on the future of autonomous driving: I'd be so honored if you read and subscribed.

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Overview Effect • Issue 31 By Tanya Žilinskas — I had met Minka once before, also at one of Aria and Hazel’s parties. Tim attended that previous get-together, a combination potluck and game of croquet held on a stretch of green...

My weird darling is in the newest issue of @yivjournal.bsky.social. It has everything: con artists with murky intentions, aspiring writers, depression, and William Shatner's fear of deep space.

I'd be honored if you read it here: www.yourimpossiblevoice.com/overview-eff...

Thrilled to receive the latest copy of @louisianalit.bsky.social in the mail and have my short story "Silver Lining" included. Thank you to @jackbedell.bsky.social and the editors for finding a home for my story.

The Generosity Paradox

Hey everyone - times are quite bleak it appears... Why not spread some positivity? Here is an essay of mine recently published in the @sanantoreview.bsky.social on generosity:

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