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Dec 13, 2025 • yegg

AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time.

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Yes AI or No AI, that is the question

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Will the AI backlash spill into the streets?

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Recent posts

Yes AI or No AI, that is the question

AI is everywhere. Did anyone give you a choice?

Jan 19 • yegg

As AI displaces jobs, the US government should create new jobs building affordable housing

What if some displaced workers help build the housing we need?

Jan 7 • yegg

Some surprising things about DuckDuckGo you probably don't know

We have hundreds of easter-egg logos (featuring our friendly mascot Dax Brown) that surface when you make certain queries on our search engine. Our…

Dec 13, 2025 • yegg

What GLP-1 drug price is cost neutral to Medicare?

Seemingly around $140/month

Nov 29, 2025 • yegg

One approach to a heavily curated information diet

Disclaimer: This approach works for me.

Nov 22, 2025 • yegg

Gabriel Weinberg

Gabriel Weinberg

Founder of DuckDuckGo and co-author of Traction and Super Thinking. Here I mainly write about progress, AI, and DuckDuckGo.

Books

On the Race for Global Dominance (Free ~ Web ~ 2025)

The Big Book of Mental Models (2019)

How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth (2015)

Recommendations

Inside DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo

The Roots of Progress

Jason Crawford

Justin Mares

The Time Capsule

David Sasaki

Progress

As AI displaces jobs, the US government should create new jobs building affordable housing

What if some displaced workers help build the housing we need?

Jan 7 • yegg

What GLP-1 drug price is cost neutral to Medicare?

Seemingly around $140/month

Nov 29, 2025 • yegg

Total Factor Productivity needs a rebrand (and if you don't know what that is you probably should).

The name of this hidden driver of prosperity is unappealing and not self-defining to mainstream people. What should it be called instead?

Nov 1, 2025 • yegg

The paradox of progress

If progress = rising living standards, why doesn’t a progress agenda command top billing in U.S. politics?

Oct 11, 2025 • yegg

A U.S.-China tech tie is a big win for China because of its population advantage

China’s population is declining, but UN projections show it will remain at least twice the size of the U.S.

Sep 13, 2025 • yegg

AI

Simulating likely 2026 World Cup matchups (for all matches)

I’ve been using Cursor for coding for some time, but I finally gave Claude Code a try for this short side project: simulating the 2026 World Cup bracket…

Jan 31 • yegg

Yes AI or No AI, that is the question

AI is everywhere. Did anyone give you a choice?

Jan 19 • yegg

As AI displaces jobs, the US government should create new jobs building affordable housing

What if some displaced workers help build the housing we need?

Jan 7 • yegg

Is consumer AI heading for a duopoly?

Innovative partnerships and consolidation could drive a more competitive outcome.

Oct 19, 2025 • yegg

The overlooked front in the browser wars

Seamless workflows bridging search, browsing, and AI

Oct 4, 2025 • yegg

Rules

Rule #3: Every decision involves trade-offs

One of the universal rules of decision-making is that every decision involves trade-offs.

Aug 10, 2025 • yegg

Rule #2: There are always underlying assumptions.

When properly assessing any conclusion, it is essential to enumerate the underlying assumptions.

Jun 21, 2025 • yegg

Rule 1: Reality is always more complicated.

I’ve always been drawn to characters with “rules.”

May 3, 2025 • yegg

DuckDuckGo

Yes AI or No AI, that is the question

AI is everywhere. Did anyone give you a choice?

Jan 19 • yegg

Some surprising things about DuckDuckGo you probably don't know

We have hundreds of easter-egg logos (featuring our friendly mascot Dax Brown) that surface when you make certain queries on our search engine. Our…

Dec 13, 2025 • yegg

Introducing Duck Tales

New audio/video interview series taking you inside DuckDuckGo

Nov 8, 2025 • yegg

Is consumer AI heading for a duopoly?

Innovative partnerships and consolidation could drive a more competitive outcome.

Oct 19, 2025 • yegg

The overlooked front in the browser wars

Seamless workflows bridging search, browsing, and AI

Oct 4, 2025 • yegg

Misc

Simulating likely 2026 World Cup matchups (for all matches)

I’ve been using Cursor for coding for some time, but I finally gave Claude Code a try for this short side project: simulating the 2026 World Cup bracket…

Jan 31 • yegg

One approach to a heavily curated information diet

Disclaimer: This approach works for me.

Nov 22, 2025 • yegg

On reddit, roughly 500 views = 1 click

175,000 reddit views generated just 310 clicks, a 0.18% CTR

Sep 21, 2025 • yegg

Musings on evergreen content

Building an audience for ideas that last

Aug 23, 2025 • yegg

What is The Great Race?

The Great Race is the title of this blog and also the title of a longer piece of mine that you can read for free at https://thegreatrace.us or on…

Apr 19, 2025 • yegg

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