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Azeem Azhar's Exponential View

AI, writing and artisanal media – inside Exponential View with Greg and Azeem

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View

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🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Greg Williams has joined EV as Executive Editor — two years in the search. He was editor-in-chief of WIRED UK, recognized as Editor of the Year (Technology) three times, and is a five-time novelist. Introducing him to our community in this week’s episode became an opportunity to redefine what EV is: why we make maps instead of stories, and where I think AI is taking institutional media.

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0:00.0

It is a special call for us today. We have a new member of our team. Say hello, Greg Williams.

0:08.2

Hi, everyone. Great to be here. So what's it about briefly exponential view that made you feel it was the right next step?

0:16.3

In a world where a lot of news, a lot of culture, a lot of journalism, a lot of content,

0:23.4

forgive me for saying that word in some ways, it has come commodified. And I think being able

0:28.2

to think clearly, despite all the noise, despite all the signals that we're all getting

0:33.4

every single day, is hugely valuable. And I think EV delivers that in spades.

0:39.4

I've been a long-time reader and subscriber to EV.

0:42.9

I can't remember what year I started,

0:44.7

but I remember vividly kind of getting your Sunday newsletter

0:49.4

probably around sort of like 2013, 2014, I'd imagine. And it just really striking me is that

0:57.5

there's something very, very interesting going on here. And it delighted me. And I just was seeing

1:02.2

the world in a kind of like a new way. And it was whimsical as well, which I really, really

1:07.6

enjoyed. Most publications you get information from, but EV is unique,

1:13.5

in my view, because it actually changes the way how I think through ideas. I love the way

1:18.8

the way you guys are interrogating and thinking through your own hypotheses and how you'll always

1:25.6

act to try and at some point offer the reader a framework, a way of

1:32.9

being able to work through something that's complex that needs, you know, rigorous sort of thought

1:40.0

and application. So, you know, what I very quickly realized when you and I were talking,

1:47.4

and obviously I've seen this in the work as well, is those frameworks, the research is

1:51.6

underpinned by these really world-class capabilities and, you know, incredible data tools

1:58.4

that you and the team have built. And I have to say in the time that I've been working with the team,

2:04.1

just seeing the way that you're building and the capabilities that you have just come

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