Who's Changing: Me, My Culture, or the World?

This is a newsletter-style roundup, and its central theme is whether personal change in one's 30s comes from getting older, from the broader culture, or from society at large, with the author concluding it may be both. The author describes wanting to slow down and spend time on walking, writing and existing relationships, and cites Vitalik Buterin's reflections on turning 30 and on finite beautiful things. The rest of the post covers a Matthew Ball report on declining gaming revenue, UMG pulling its music from TikTok, the Palworld copyright question, and Noah Smith's critique of the Dark Forest idea in Three Body Problem.