It’s a dream week for tech docs

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Installer-148.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hi, friends! Welcome to <em>Installer</em> No. 148, your guide to the best and <em>Verge</em>-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope you're enjoying all your pumpkin-flavored everything, and also you can read all the old editions at the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/installer-newsletter"><em>Installer</em> homepage</a>.)</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">This week, I've been reading about <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-10-15/how-ai-crypto-and-dei-drove-marc-andreessen-to-maga"><strong>Marc Andreessen</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/is-ai-the-end-of-math-as-we-know-it-20261005/"><strong>the future of math</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/mike-tomlin-profile"><strong>Mike Tomlin</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/05/21/money-unlimited"><strong>Citizens United</strong></a>, reminiscing about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKunNwD0uT8"><strong>the heyday of MySpace</strong></a>, sending <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/11/text-communication-social-obligation/688696/?gift=-pzApl_qRpBxCFP0g-J3xFKl80o5mHEBBnsVBWZ8Wgw"><strong>this article</strong></a> to everyone as an apology for my bad texting, listening to the Pet Shop Boys' <a href="https://www.petshopboys.co.uk/news/2026-10-09/a-man-from-the-future-4"><strong>new Alan Turing album</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-jsSfh0a9M"><strong>Dwarkesh Patel's thoughts on AI</strong></a>, barely keeping myself from preordering an <a href="https://apple.sjv.io/c/482924/435031/7613?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apple.com%2Fiphone-duo"><strong>iPhone Duo</strong></a>, asking a lot of questio …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1013367/best-tech-documentaries-musk-holmes-installer">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>