Politics
How Capitalism’s Emphasis on Growth Will Destroy the Planet (and How to Stop It)
Part One: Introduction to Capitalism and Sustainability
Capitalism
Dismantling Power Structures: The Irony of Elite Cultural Critique
Exploring the alienation effect of critique in modern society
Libraries on the Front Line: Amazon and the Last of the Big Fish
How the big five paved the way for Amazon’s predation and the enshittification of publishing. There can be no question on this issue: electronic books provide easier access to knowledge and entertainment for people than has ever before been possible. Hundreds, even thousands of books can be carried around
What We Have to Fear from AI
The most dangerous consequence of AI proliferation is not a Terminator-style future, it’s people passing laws.
The Next Pandemic?
In the face of overwhelming greed, it’s more important than ever to make a stand.
History
Authoritarian Algorithms: Deconstructing Myths of the Future
Popular rhetoric from the likes of Yuval Noah Harari fails us in our most weary and desperate hour.
Technology
Oh, Ye of Useless Class, Beware!
How Yuval Harari’s “Useless Classes” of the future should learn a lesson from a secretive group of 1800s vandals.
AI
We’re All Cold War Spies in the AI Era
Cultivate an attitude of distrust and settle in for the cyberpunk future literally none of us wanted.
Receptive and Non-Receptive Communities
On the nature of self-limitations.
Okay, So the AI is Coming for Creative Workers. But, Is That the Real Problem?
Or, is the problem with AI something subtler and more pervasively insidious (a brief rant).
Your Smart-Home is Not Secure
The future of technology is about respect, diligence, and community.
Dental Medicine’s Dark Secret
Insurers should have to bend over backwards to court you.