From the New World

Automating Investigative Journalism

What I've been building.

Aug 10 • Brian Chau

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July 2026

Guangzhou

I was walking in Guangzhou when it hit me — there’s an impressionist geography of the downwardly mobile.

Jul 31 • Brian Chau

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Shenzhen

The Most American City in China

Jul 29 • Brian Chau

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Who is Blocking Automated Vehicles?

A Quantitative Analysis

Jul 19 • Brian Chau

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The Meaning of Humanity

Here one is reminded of a somewhat modified expression of Proudhon’s: whoever invokes humanity wants to cheat.

Jul 18 • Brian Chau

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Wuhan

My Review

Jul 18 • Brian Chau

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Technological Opportunity

The Whitepill has Just Begun

Jul 10 • Brian Chau

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April 2026

Escaping the Permanent Underclass

Morality, Regained

Apr 10 • Brian Chau

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March 2026

Total Degrowth Narrative Victory

The Lich is Dead. There will always be a Lich King.

Mar 20 • Brian Chau

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Is Singapore Boring?

Singapore is not boring. Its marvelous architecture blends East Asian pleasantness with Western conceptual design.

Mar 11 • Brian Chau

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February 2026

The Post-Post-Apocalypse

Collected truth nukes from 2025 and a review of the real life Network State

Feb 16 • Brian Chau

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June 2025

The Thiel-Andreessen Axis

on hypergrowth

Jun 30, 2025 • Brian Chau

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