John Herrman

New York

Writer at New York Magazine

writer @nymag. john.herrman at nymag dot com. on the other sites now

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Articles

How the Protest Movement Lost Social Media

2 weeks ago | nymag.com | John Herrman

Since the early 2010s, social media has been identified with protesters. In the early days of platforms like Twitter, this was intuitive. Protest movements want attention, but mainstream media outlets were often slow or reluctant to give it to them, unless, of course, things got out of hand, at which point they'd get plenty.
This Is What Happens Next in the Trump-vs.-Musk Feud

2 weeks ago | nymag.com | John Herrman

When Elon Musk joined Donald Trump on the campaign trail in 2024, their various antagonists - liberals and progressives and each man's factional enemies on the right - started making versions of the same prediction: Musk wouldn't last long.
Palantir and the Age of Authoritarian Entrepreneurs

3 weeks ago | nymag.com | John Herrman

Through the Trump administration's countless erratic attempts to cripple, remake, or simply take more direct control of every part of the government, one theme has emerged: a fixation on data.
Mark Zuckerberg Joins the Military-Industrial Complex

3 weeks ago | nymag.com | John Herrman

Typically, when a major consumer technology company announces a partnership with the military, it does so carefully. In some cases, it might be worried about pushback from the public, the press, or its own employees and will word things cautiously, change policies quietly, and keep the spectacle to a minimum, like a university might (see Google).
Temu and Shein Might Just Be Screwed

4 weeks ago | nymag.com | John Herrman

Say you run a relatively new but quite massive e-commerce operation built around the thesis that customers in relatively wealthy economies would be comfortable buying goods more directly from Chinese manufacturers. You've spent billions of dollars on this bet, building an Amazon-like platform and advertising heavily in America, the largest and wealthiest consumer market.
Google Is Burying the Web Alive

1 month ago | nymag.com | John Herrman

By now, there's a good chance you've encountered Google's AI Overviews, possibly thousands of times. Appearing as blurbs at the top of search results, they attempt to settle your queries before you scroll - to offer answers, or relevant information, gleaned from websites that you no longer need to click on.
OpenAI's Huge Bet on the iPhone Guy

1 month ago | nymag.com | John Herrman

Last year, in a what's-that-guy-been-up-to profile in the New York Times, legendary former Apple designer Jony Ive explained how he'd been filling his time. He'd founded a small design firm, LoveFrom, which was working on projects including a "Christie's auction stand, Airbnb graphics and a Ferrari interior," and expanded his real estate holdings in his favorite neighborhood in San Francisco. He'd attempted to reinvent the jacket button for Moncler.
The Trump FCC Will Bless Your Merger on One Condition

1 month ago | nymag.com | John Herrman

The gradual consolidation of America's telecom companies is a classic regulatory concern. They're large, geographically entrenched firms with anticompetitive tendencies. Customers often don't have many options, so when two companies become one, they might lose their ability to switch.
The AI Warnings Will Continue Until Morale Improves

1 month ago | flipboard.com | John Herrman

NowChina’s ADA Space has launched the first of a planned 2,800-satellite network of AI supercomputers. China has launched the first 12 satellites of a planned 2,800-strong orbital supercomputer satellite network, reports Space News. The satellites, created by the company ADA Space, Zhijiang Laboratory, …
The AI Warnings Will Continue Until Morale Improves

1 month ago | nymag.com | John Herrman

Tobi Lutke, CEO of Shopify, recently sent a memo to his staff declaring that AI usage is now a "fundamental expectation" for everyone at the company and that there will be "usage questions" added to peer and performance reviews.