Robert Hoffer

Medium · medium.com/@roberthoffer

• Slow the Frontier. Anchor the IPO.
  Sep 13, 2026
• The Pace Cartel
  Sep 13, 2026
• Pandora Calls. She Wants the Box Back.
  Sep 12, 2026
• The Physicists Took Bets. Then They Lit the Fuse.
  Sep 12, 2026
• Hollywood's Original Sin Was a Patent Fight
  May 8, 2026
• The Roman Dodecahedron: A 1,600-Year-Old Leatherworking Tool Hiding in Plain Sight?
  Apr 24, 2025
• The Spiral of Silence: How Democracies Unravel in Plain Sight
  Apr 22, 2025

LinkedIn · linkedin.com/in/roberthoffer

• Right that the pause is late. Sharper still: the US argument assumes one switch to flip.
  Sep 14, 2026
• The swarm didn't rebel. It was left alone.
  Sep 14, 2026
• The Pace Cartel - with the Phoebus chart
  Sep 13, 2026
• Slow the Frontier. Anchor the IPO.
  Sep 13, 2026
• Pandora calls. She wants the box back.
  Sep 12, 2026
• Every generation of parents gets one thing they are supposed to fear.
  Sep 12, 2026
• The melodramatic AI hand-wringing in Hollywood reminds me of how Hollywood began
  Earlier · video
• Tech driven labor displacement is NOT NEW!
  Earlier
• Every generation reacts negatively to new media generation technology
  Earlier
• Emma Nutt, the first female telephone operator - one hire created an industry
  Earlier
• Marvel selects GlobalComix for digital distribution
  Earlier
• Marvel is now available on GlobalComix
  Earlier
• "Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth."
  Earlier
• Being blunt folks: you heard it here first
  Earlier
• 12 hot AI startups that brands are working with
  Earlier
• Full LinkedIn activity archive
  Everything, newest first

Press byline

• It Has To Have A Soul: How Chatbots Get Their Personalities
  NPR · Mar 2017
• The Trouble with Bots: A Parent's Musings on SmarterChild
  VentureBeat · Jun 2016
• Full VentureBeat author archive
  VentureBeat

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