Weekly signals
Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026
102 connections drawn between subjects, across 52 pieces and 370 distinct subjects.
A connection is a relationship one piece asserted between two subjects, in that piece's words. It exists because somebody wrote it down, which is why this number has no equivalent anywhere else.
Where domains collided
- art × culture 41
- academic × tech 32
- business × culture 31
- culture × tech 30
- business × tech 30
- academic × culture 20
Volume by beat
| W22 | W23 | W24 | W25 | W26 | W27 | W28 | W29 | W30 | W31 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| culture | 32 | 34 | 31 | 40 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 29 | 38 | 37 |
| tech | 38 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 23 | 30 | 22 | 29 | 36 | 30 |
| business | 30 | 28 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 31 | 26 |
| art | 25 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 25 |
| academic | 18 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 20 |
| fashion | 12 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 11 |
Rising
- Tom Sachs 0.8 → 6
- Kyle Chayka 4.3 → 8
- OpenAI 2.3 → 6
- Elon Musk 1 → 4
- Bottega Veneta 0 → 3
- Apple 1 → 4
- Guggenheim Abu Dhabi 0 → 3
- Washington, D.C. 0.3 → 3
Cooling
- Brewster Kahle 2.8 → 1
- Metropolitan Museum of Art 1.5 → 1
- SpaceX 1.5 → 1
- W. David Marx 1.5 → 1
- Google 1.3 → 1
- Eugene Whang 2.3 → 2