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Help me out with a crowdsourced storytelling experiment
ALL comments on this post will be fed into my prompt when I draft the next chapter.
What the internet felt like before algorithmic curation
How we experienced the early days of the web, and how it shaped today's Internet.
How meme culture is shaping the way we process information
The history and evolution of memes, and how they shape public discourse.
Our future of Generative Entertainment, and a major potential paradigm shift
We may be staring down a massive shift in entertainment: from Consumption to Creation.
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A closer look at the black-box aspects of AI, and the growing field of mechanistic interpretability
What EXACTLY is it that AI experts are still struggling to fully understand? What historical parallels can we draw from in science and technology?
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May 2025

Learning from social media natives, as we look ahead to AI natives
Generational lessons as we prepare for a more AI-forward future.
The strange, mutating language of business jargon
A deep dive on the decades-long path that got us to the strange place we're in today.
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Side Hustle: On Work & Identity
How the side hustle mindset has moved from a niche trend to a defining feature of our culture.
Challenging AI to come up with completely novel ways of thinking about "life, the universe, and everything"
A simple prompt with some wild results.
The Dead Internet Theory: Origins, Evolution, and Future Perspectives
A level-headed look at a theory that seems to be gaining some traction.
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The Age of HyperNormalisation: Revisiting Adam Curtis’s world today
Exploring the work of Adam Curtis through the lens of current events.
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Is the age of “jobs” ending?
Thoughts on post-work philosophy and some related reading.
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