Erik Torenberg on AI

Unbundling academia: To turn professors into indie educators/thinkers— Academia needs a role model of someone who has gone outside the system D2C and has done more interesting research and/or teaching at a bigger scale b/c of it. In other words, academia needs a Ben Thompson.

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Why it worked

Opens with a short, self-contained line that is easy to take in at a glance.
Follows a clear Hook → Context → Context → Landing shape, so the reader always knows where they are.
Ends on a short line that is easy to quote and repeat.
The opening line stands alone, so it reads completely before the post is expanded.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.

The mechanics

Hook: Plain observation
Structure: Hook → Context → Context → Landing
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: punchy
Written for: People building with AI

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