Return on Nice
My Uber rating is 4.96. Here's what I spent a year building because of it.
 • Brent Turner
Against Better Judgment
Plus: cassette cafés, moon catapults, smelling images, a seventh sense, the world's fastest, longest, largest roller coaster, and more in Roundup #49
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The Return of Multitasking
Plus: holding fire, tasting music, making yogurt from ants, obeying holographic police, designing for smallness, entering the post-purpose marketing…
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Five Favorite Things for 2026
In a year of global expansion and frequent travel, here's what I relied on and raved about.
 • Brent Turner
The Symbolic Economy
Plus: flying scooters, walking chairs, space computing, distillery data centers, blue honey, and more in Roundup #46
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When Exclusivity Scales
Plus: doomprompting, butt breathing, sperm racing, room temperature ice, fire-stopping sound, Lego sorting, Clippy’s return, and more in Roundup #45
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Designing for Effort
Plus: better bugs, faster booze, revived raves, smarter scents, nose robots, cyborg bees, planetary playlists, and a heroic identity crisis in Roundup…
 • Brent Turner
Building the Second Web
Plus: making gasoline from air, metals from myths, zippers from buttons, new builds from bricks, and more in Roundup #43
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The New B2Bs
Plus: better builds, crunching cravings, splashless solutions, tattooed travels, hydrogen horses, and more in Roundup #42
 • Brent Turner
Thinking on Autopilot
Plus: marketing’s new stack, AI’s secret language, naps without sleep, vision via teeth, and blood-filtering breakthroughs in Roundup #41
 • Brent Turner
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