Making the case for Ed Zitron as the last of the great bloggers

West Coast Stat Views argues that Ed Zitron represents the last of the great independent bloggers: a lone, unstuck writer who, without institutional backing, does deep original research and publishes long, influential pieces that mainstream outlets tend to underplay until his work forces attention. The post celebrates the freedom of blogging - no editorial constraints on length or style - and credits Zitron with using that freedom to produce epic, thoroughly sourced essays, often exceeding ten thousand words, that combine investigative reporting, sharp analysis, and clear predictions about the tech industry and the AI boom.

Specifics include vivid examples from Zitron’s recent work: a satirical hyperscaler-CEO vignette and a “last helicopter out of Nam” metaphor used to criticize AI startups and hyperscale spending on GPUs, and blunt passages calling out companies like Perplexity, Harvey and others for selling hope after OpenAI’s rise. His pieces mix profanity and rage with genuine moral outrage and careful documentation, making them entertaining without being mere performative ranting. The claim is that Zitron’s combination of tenacity, prescience, and readable fury has had measurable impact on public discourse about tech and AI, making his blog longform investigations essential reading for anyone tracking industry hype and accountability.