What Kyle Chayka thinks about writing
Staff writer at The New Yorker, where he writes the Infinite Scroll column, and author of Filterworld and The Longing for Less.
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3 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Kyle Chayka has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsThe atmosphere might make the act of writing easier but I'm not sure it ever makes the writing itself better.
↗Writer’s desk blockkylechayka.substack.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Our readingThe only cure for being unable to write is to put words down, even if it is only a hundred in a day.
Their wordsThere's no other cure: you have to put words down, even if it's only a hundred in a day.
↗Writer’s desk blockkylechayka.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Our readingGetting genuinely original output from AI requires working hard against the grain of its defaults.
Their wordsYou have to work very hard, against a lot of friction, to get anything remotely original out of AI.
↗The generic style of AI web designkylechayka.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece