When the machine programs you
We do not have a technology problem; we have a venture capitalism problem.
Know your value... and know your values
The first thing they try to destroy in a coup is always people's sense of themselves.
"All the world's a stage" (and it's on fire)
Tl;dr: We need controlled burns at the protocol level, and the kinds of online terrain that our Tech Oligarchy boys can't blaze through.
The week's doomscrolling in review: Issue 8
Big Tech always bends the knee to power. And other notes from this week (and a bit) of watching things get worse.
The Demon-Haunted Machine
Notes on belief, delusion, magical thinking, and putting the AI genie back in its bottle where it belongs.
New Year's Doomscroll in Review
This edition is an end-of-year/new-year hodge podge. Before we can fully see off 2024 here's what occupied my feed between Christmas Eve and New Years Eve, or around there. Grab your Saturday cup of joe and scroll.
The week's doomscrolling in review: issue 6
This is the Final week's doomscrolling in review for 2024.
Who's to blame? Ranking and allocating responsibility for allowing the next Trump Co. regime (with diagrams where relevant)
Whenever things don't go your way, the instinct is to lay some blame somewhere. Following the re-election of Trump Co., the post-game analysis has been non-stop. Here's my offering on the hierarchy of responsibility.
Xmas guide ahead of the pivot
A little information security is just the thing anyone would love to see in their Christmas sock. Here are some notions for keeping Santa's spies from knowing whether you belong on either his naughty or nice lists.
The week's doomscrolling in review: issue 4
This week's doomscroll review lacks a format, a theme, and even a chronology. Enjoy.
There is no more time for grief
The grieving period is now over. It wasn't that useful, anyway. Welcome to the five stages of resistance.
In praise of bubbles
Platforms are called 'social networks' for a reason. They're aimed at facilitating social exchanges. You build social circles on them. Round things, like bubbles.