The top 2026 X accounts gives insight into the lie that X is the town square.
These people are niche celebrities and their influence on X does not represent influence elsewhere.
Your participation is not going to change this graph
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Vikram Bath
The credibility that actually moves a career comes from being known as someone who will occasionally say the true and uncomfortable thing.
Fun detail about this article: I didn't notice until it was published, but writing about AI really changed the citation structure of my bibliography. Simply put, most of my references were super-recent. One-quarter came in the first quarter of 2026 alone. Over 50% since 2025.
Oh, for crying out loud, @bsky.app! 🤦♂️
This essay is especially meaningful to me personally, as over the past few years, I've spent a lot of time pondering about how the search for truth co-exists with worlds of performance and kayfabe. Pro wrestling may be an "act", but so is life in general. @heterodoxacademy.bsky.social
