Empirical Ventures is capitalizing on a structural gap between academic research and venture-scale capital by positioning PhD founders as a distinct founder archetype worthy of dedicated institutional backing. The British Business Bank’s repeat commitment signals that government agencies see “ven...
Paulkrugman // The migration of serious climate journalism from institutional platforms (Grist, Vox) to independent Substack signals a fundamental shift in how expert authority gets distributed—readers now follow the analyst rather than the masthead, which rewards depth and consistency over insti...
Paulkrugman // The migration of serious climate journalism from institutional platforms (Grist, Vox) to independent Substack represents the hollowing-out of legacy media’s ability to maintain beat expertise, signaling that readers now expect specialized knowledge to live in direct creator relatio...