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Twenty twenty five

Ben Werdmuller

Ben Werdmuller

01 Jan 2025

Hey, it’s 2025! Happy New Year. May it be better than we hope and fear.

Here are my technology predictions for the year.

Here are my resolutions / OKRs.

Ready or not, here we go!

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Political Pollsters Are Trying to Save Money by Polling AI Instead of Real People, and It’s Going About as Well as You’d Expect

"Obviously, any campaign that used only that AI-generated data would miss the mark — instead of looking at the views of real respondents, it would be looking at a funhouse mirror reflection of a demographic cooked up by a language model with no access to actual data."

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The Zen Browser homepage, as seen in Zen Browser.

Why I'm all-in on Zen Browser

After Arc's pivot to AI left power users behind, I found the browser I actually wanted.

19 Aug 2025

The 19th's Strategic Plan

"The 19th developed seven key initiatives to guide our priorities for the next three years." Doing this work in public is such a smart move.

18 Aug 2025
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Ask a newsroom technology leader

From startup CTO to newsroom leader: Ask me anything.

16 Aug 2025
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Ben Werdmuller explores the intersection of technology, democracy, and society. Always independently published, reader-supported, and free to read.