AI Is a Waste of Time
The newest AI tools are accelerating basic research and scaring the general public. But many people are simply using them as toys.
This life gives you nothing
Your attention is all you have. Wasting it is annihilating. Blackbird Spyplane saves literacy in a monumental Year-End Essay.
Are We Having Too Much Fun?
In 1985, Neil Postman observed an America imprisoned by its own need for amusement. He was, it turns out, extremely prescient.
Do Not Research | Substack
DNR is a publishing platform for writing, visual art, internet culture and more. Click to read Do Not Research, a Substack publication.
Wages for Facebook - Dissent Magazine
The art campaign Wages for Facebook is an attempt to unsettle the digital marketization of our relationships that many of us have already come to accept as normal.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
The Fragile Foundations of the Intelligent Age
Amidst political volatility and technological acceleration, truth and trust are deteriorating, warns Klaus Schwab.
What Happened After a Teacher Ditched Screens
Why one early adopter of computers in classrooms has decided to toss them
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