The two-year charade that upended people’s lives
One year after Trump’s Foxconn groundbreaking, there is almost nothing to show for it
Trump called it the ‘eighth wonder of the world’ — then the factory began to shrink
A Year of Magical Thinking
Elite impunity has fueled the fantasy that catastrophes are for other people.
Extropia's Children, Chapter 1: The Wunderkind
Back in the nineties, a teenage supergenius joined a mailing list. That odd seed led, via Harry Potter, to today's Effective Altruism and AI Risk movements; bizarre cults; and the birth of Bitcoin. This is the surreal saga of Extropia's Children.
Amy Schumer, Star Wars, and Minions: a 2015 pop culture time capsule
What will we remember from this year?
Life in Weeks
My life, where each week I’ve been alive is a little box, inspired by this post by Tim Urban. When meaningful things happen (for both better and worse) I make a note of it so I can remember how much of life is influenced by these factors. If you’d like to create your own version of this, it’s basically a data file, a template, and a blog post mashed together on Jekyll blog hosted on Netlify.
The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Creat…
"Imagine a world in which every single person on the pl…
Another World Archive
Another World is a people's archive of free educational materials about artists and cultural workers in the struggle to build and imagine another world. It affirms that the artist must take sides against oppression and uplift the courage, dignity, and power of everyday people. Their creative labor a
Another World Archive
Another World is a people's archive of free educational materials about artists and cultural workers in the struggle to build and imagine another world. It affirms that the artist must take sides against oppression and uplift the courage, dignity, and power of everyday people. Their creative labor a
Five Years of Being A Full-Time Indie
Wow, it’s been a while. Figured passing another milestone is worth at least some sort of update. Looking back at my 1 year milestone has been amusing. My initial thought was that almost all the points brought up 4 years ago would no longer apply. A lot of the insights back then are strangely still quite applicable. So what’s happened in the 4 years since? On a more personal level, I’ve improved my eating and exercising habits to stay healthier.
The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
In the weird glow of the dying millennium, Michael Lewi…
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and…
An explosive memoir charting one woman’s career at the …
The State of the Culture, 2024
Or a glimpse into post-entertainment society (it's not pretty)
#784: The absurdity of the apocalypse
Plus: repayment avoidance, the death of “hello,” and a Cinderella story for the algorithmic era
