Tag: The Believer

• Origin Story – 6

  I’m not writing The History of Amplifier; I’m writing a history of Amplifier. Jef and Joel had a vision that they were implementing when they founded Copernica/Amplifier, and it’s coherent and compelling. I’m not telling that story. I’m telling the story of employee number 2 – a 22 year old who didn’t know very much about anything when…

  Walter Stokes

  June 19, 2026

  Amplifier, History

  Sam Koski, Solzhenitsyn, The Believer, Tolstoy