💸 Untangled is going paid!
Here's what you need to know.
Each time I pop into your inbox, I offer conceptual frameworks and social science research that help you (and me!) make sense of the strange, technologically-mediated world around you. I want to disentangle social systems like race, gender, and power from technological ones. I believe it’s in the Untangling that we can:
make sense of the big, systemic problems of the day;
make better decisions at work — as product managers, technologists, grantmakers, and civil society leaders;
take daily actions that align with our values.
To do that, I write research-intensive original essays and interview scholars, practitioners, and journalists who can help us dive deeper into those topics. I distill those frameworks into themes, turn them into daily actions you can take, and from time to time, apply them to the big tech stories of the day.
That all requires a lot of hard work, so today, I’m asking you to support me directly by paying $9/month or $90/year.
🥃 Think of it like buying me a cocktail once a month!
👌 Sign up in January and you can lock in a 20% discount for the year.
So what will you get with a subscription?
✍️ Every issue of the newsletter. This includes long-form essays w/fun lil’ drawings and editions where I Untangle the news, share highlights from the community, and offer a sneak peek into what I’m reading and writing.
👂Every audio version of the newsletter. No drawings, it’s audio. 😉
📻 Every installment of the podcast.
🎁 Special issues and frameworks, like the Untangled primer.
📚 Access to the full archive.*
If you’re not inclined to support me and my work, read what others have said and then change your mind 🙃
Untangled was a ‘Substack Featured Publication’ for 2022.
Drew Steigerwald, co-founder of the excellent newsletter, 1440, named Untangled one of his four favorite newsletters.
Brandon Silverman, co-founder and CEO of CrowdTangle, called Untangled “one of my favorite Substacks on technology & society.”
Okay, if you still don’t want to make me the absolute happiest, that’s ok too — you’ll receive roughly one issue per month. Oh, and if you want to become my best friend, there’s a tier for that too. It turns out, my love can be bought!
A few more details!
If Untangled is relevant to your work, consider expensing it. Here’s a template email you can send to your manager.
If you and your friends or colleagues want to enjoy Untangled together, sign up for a group package at a discounted rate.
If the cocktail-a-month isn’t a big deal for you, you can sponsor subscriptions for those who can’t afford it. Give one by clicking below or give five by signing up for the “My love can be bought” tier.
If you can’t afford a subscription but really value Untangled’s offerings, just let me know. I’ll add you to the paid subscriber list, no questions asked.
Okay, that’s it for now. I’ll have plenty of opportunities to ask you for $$ in the future 😉
Charley
*Only paid subscribers will have access to the archive and the primer starting February 1, 2023.