Lance Greenberg

This is now a Wiki hype account. Not sorry about it either.

The @Wikimedia Foundation is celebrating a new milestone in its mission to champion open knowledge! 🎉 We recently joined the @DPGAlliance, an initiative endorsed by the United Nations. Learn more➡️: wikimediafoundation.org/news/2026/05/1… #DigitalPublicGoods

“This is my generation’s culture, our zeitgeist, and it’s not written down like the psychedelic era or whatever was happening in previous generations. It almost feels like people wanna write it off. I want really peripheral shit like vampjerk to be logged for fucking history bro”

Digital platforms have long thrived by capturing attention, data, and transactions—but that model is starting to crack. As consumers hand off decisions to AI agents, the rules of platform economics are changing fast. These agents compare options, choose the best value, and complete purchases without ever opening an app. The result is “zero-click commerce,” which puts pressure on advertising, weakens lock-in, and makes fees and subscriptions harder to sustain. Even personalization is being outdone by AI that understands users across contexts. In this new landscape, success will depend less on controlling the interface and more on being selected by the agent. What this shift means for your business: s.hbr.org/4muWQmX

Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: wired.com/story/the-inte…

If we chip away at Section 230, we’re shutting the door on the next generation of tech competitors. Big Tech can survive these lawsuits. Startups can’t.

“That means removing layers of approval so people can move fast, take risks and experiment, and putting trust in the young staff members who grew up using these platforms and understand culture sometimes better than politics.”

Hong Kong: On March 23, 2026, the Hong Kong government changed the implementing rules relating to the National Security Law. It is now a criminal offense to refuse to give the Hong Kong police the passwords or decryption assistance to access all personal electronic devices including cellphones and laptops. This legal change applies to everyone, including U.S. citizens, in Hong Kong, arriving or just transiting Hong Kong International Airport. In addition, the Hong Kong government also has more authority to take and keep any personal devices, as evidence, that they claim are linked to national security offenses. Read more: hk.usconsulate.gov/security-alert…

It’s okay for hard things to be hard. On the subject of AI and writing, I like the way George Saunders puts it:

Human knowledge. For all humans. By humans.

Hundreds of companies across the entire tech sector are now supporting Anthropic in its lawsuit against the Pentagon. Blacklisting a company in such a way would make procurement "contingent on political favor" rather than the rule of law, industry groups argue.

The Age Verification Trap spectrum.ieee.org/age-verificati…

Seven localities in Virginia voted for Ed Gillespie in 2017 but flipped to Abigail Spanberger this year.

Yeah, she was right.

Here’s what happened in Wisconsin. And a note of gratitude. 🧵

Bumping

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BIG NEWS: For the first time in more than 20 years, we have a Democrat running in every Senate district in the state. We're ready to compete in every corner of Wisconsin and hold Republicans accountable for their failed legislative record. apnews.com/article/wiscon…

🧾 Reminder: Social Security didn’t cause the nation’s debt; we pay for Social Security through every one of our paychecks. 💰