https://linktr.ee/christopherbeamhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisbeam.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisbeam.bsky.social/post/3mksgg7g5wk25Why is America's most promoted autism therapy also widely hated? Amanda Cantrell and I went deep on how ABA became America's go-to treatment for autism, and why some people swear by it while others say it's done great harm (gift link) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-05-01/what-is-aba-therapy-autism-treatment-faces-questions-of-effectiveness?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3NzY0MTU1MCwiZXhwIjoxNzc4MjQ2MzUwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJURUNSU0lLSVVQVzEwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGNTU0RThFNzY5NjY0ODJCQTdCQTU5MUE0MjkzNjUyRCJ9.KCKc-mB8v0KM9cjTiZV29pFMSdYh4Js_UUxoQiTqoSY01 May 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:juz7w4e6x2k7zwpusrxuw2bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksgg7g5wk25https://bsky.app/profile/chrisbeam.bsky.social/post/3mi7pb2vmac2wWrote about prediction market “rulescucks” and how Kalshi tries to wrangle the English language (gift link): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-27/kalshi-faces-growing-problem-with-grammar-language-disputes?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3NDYxNjkzOCwiZXhwIjoxNzc1MjIxNzM4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQ0pWT0FLR0lGU1owMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGNTU0RThFNzY5NjY0ODJCQTdCQTU5MUE0MjkzNjUyRCJ9.4pV-YmDmXhVKi14DBfkv4t9qLfDE05ZD1PhX_8yQTrI&leadSource=uverify%20wall29 Mar 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:juz7w4e6x2k7zwpusrxuw2bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7pb2vmac2whttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisbeam.bsky.social/post/3mg6l6s23322hKalshi and Polymarket users who bet on Iran are mad — but for very different reasons: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/iran-war-tests-insider-trading-death-wagers-on-kalshi-and-polymarket?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3MjU2ODM3MiwiZXhwIjoxNzczMTczMTcyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQkMzWllLR0NUSlMwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGNTU0RThFNzY5NjY0ODJCQTdCQTU5MUE0MjkzNjUyRCJ9.gnT6Um1Zv4etvPlMdorUOtGu38WqiOh_9RqXnAoqKH003 Mar 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:juz7w4e6x2k7zwpusrxuw2bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6l6s23322hhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisbeam.bsky.social/post/3mfmebmxpu22aNEW for Bloomberg Businessweek: Prediction market companies pitch themselves as sources of truth. Can they be trusted? (gift link) https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-prediction-markets-polymarket-kalshi/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3MTg4Njc1NywiZXhwIjoxNzcyNDkxNTU3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQVhNR1VLSVVQUzcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGNTU0RThFNzY5NjY0ODJCQTdCQTU5MUE0MjkzNjUyRCJ9.aJioUz0y4MMKyCyLrqb_LP7LB9SSBHS7wCKEVYkoB8c24 Feb 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:juz7w4e6x2k7zwpusrxuw2bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmebmxpu22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisbeam.bsky.social/post/3mbccrkdkys22From "Eddington" to fears of an AI stock bubble, 2025 was the year data centers became the villain (gift link): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-30/how-data-centers-for-ai-became-villains-in-movies-and-real-life-in-2025?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2NzE5OTU2OSwiZXhwIjoxNzY3ODA0MzY5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUODNEQTdLR1pBSVUwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGNTU0RThFNzY5NjY0ODJCQTdCQTU5MUE0MjkzNjUyRCJ9.RC6hhrIcx-e6zW8c7AQlnB1SRoNNvj_GDrflUxMmGoc31 Dec 2025 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:juz7w4e6x2k7zwpusrxuw2bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbccrkdkys22https://bsky.app/profile/chrisbeam.bsky.social/post/3m5u2nxp3hs2rDid the esoteric "code is law" debate make a jury cry? A recent mistrial shows why it can be so hard to apply traditional finance laws to crypto: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-11-17/crypto-mistrial-shows-difficulty-in-applying-law-to-blockchain-trades?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2MzQxMDAyMCwiZXhwIjoxNzY0MDE0ODIwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUNVZaTVBHUEwzWE8wMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGNTU0RThFNzY5NjY0ODJCQTdCQTU5MUE0MjkzNjUyRCJ9.JpWp7bjTltOFch-Gy-EoABnkEjG0RYKwcwipe-I-LtM17 Nov 2025 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:juz7w4e6x2k7zwpusrxuw2bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5u2nxp3hs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisbeam.bsky.social/post/3m4vb64gzdk2yWhat do architecture critics think of Trump's ballroom and Obama's library? I asked them (gift link): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-05/trump-s-ballroom-and-obama-s-library-critics-assess-presidential-architecture?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2MjM1MjAwOSwiZXhwIjoxNzYyOTU2ODA5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUNTkyS0JHUTFZU1kwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGNTU0RThFNzY5NjY0ODJCQTdCQTU5MUE0MjkzNjUyRCJ9.RCEJ0-Dvq-TeLoXHCwjBlyRVMtXDBI4Dkhqh3jfAWlE05 Nov 2025 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:juz7w4e6x2k7zwpusrxuw2bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4vb64gzdk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisbeam.bsky.social/post/3m2re5inlek27Are we in an AI bubble? George Gilder, the tech guru who famously got blindsided by the 2001 telecom collapse, scoffs at the current AI data center mania. “It’s way overbuilding,” he says. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-09/why-experts-are-warning-the-ai-boom-could-be-a-bubble09 Oct 2025 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:juz7w4e6x2k7zwpusrxuw2bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2re5inlek27https://bsky.app/profile/chrisbeam.bsky.social/post/3m2ma2nx6kc2xJosh Wallace Kerrigan had a bold idea: To make AI video that does not suck. https://www.wired.com/story/the-future-of-ai-media-parody-of-the-apocalypse-guy-named-josh/07 Oct 2025 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:juz7w4e6x2k7zwpusrxuw2bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ma2nx6kc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisbeam.bsky.social/post/3lz2fszr47k2dWrote about the Charlie Kirk memecoin frenzy (gift link): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-17/crypto-bros-turn-charlie-kirk-s-death-into-a-memecoin?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1ODEyOTg4NCwiZXhwIjoxNzU4NzM0Njg0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUMlFUSjdHUTFZVVkwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGNTU0RThFNzY5NjY0ODJCQTdCQTU5MUE0MjkzNjUyRCJ9.NtrMT-T0GFTzOTlAnpbvv-agFwF_HvulycRdBBrqLqk17 Sep 2025 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:juz7w4e6x2k7zwpusrxuw2bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz2fszr47k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisbeam.bsky.social/post/3lwh4ncij6k2rI spoke with Dan Wang, who argues in his new book "Breakneck" that the US needs to rekindle its love of engineering -- and that means learning from China: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-15/what-the-us-can-learn-from-engineering-in-china15 Aug 2025 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:juz7w4e6x2k7zwpusrxuw2bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwh4ncij6k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisbeam.bsky.social/post/3ltcivuchc22cSpent a brain-melting amount of time talking, reading, and thinking about the Zizians: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/business/ziz-lasota-zizians-rationalists.html06 Jul 2025 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:juz7w4e6x2k7zwpusrxuw2bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltcivuchc22chttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisbeam.bsky.social/post/3lr4ck2luik2bA Chinese movie studio (unofficially) adapted my 2014 article about an American football team. The differences from the original say a lot about how US-China relations have deteriorated08 Jun 2025 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:juz7w4e6x2k7zwpusrxuw2bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr4ck2luik2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisbeam.bsky.social/post/3lltnc5n4fc2y"They’re hanging out, like something out of a movie.” https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/us/school-cellphone-ban-virginia/index.html02 Apr 2025 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:juz7w4e6x2k7zwpusrxuw2bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lltnc5n4fc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisbeam.bsky.social/post/3lllwp5tr722sAyn Rand gave Leonard Peikoff everything—her ideas, her copyrights, and her money. Then he fell in love with his caregiver. My deep dive on the battle for Ayn Rand’s estate: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/ayn-rand-peikoff-inheritance-battle/682219/30 Mar 2025 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:juz7w4e6x2k7zwpusrxuw2bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lllwp5tr722shttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisbeam.bsky.social/post/3kish6aka3u27Wrote about longevity guru Bryan Johnson’s pivot to supplements: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/business/bryan-johnson-longevity-blueprint.html12 Jan 2024 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:juz7w4e6x2k7zwpusrxuw2bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3kish6aka3u27