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the blog is dead, long live the substack
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the blog is dead, long live the substack

Sometimes the only way forward is to try something new.

how we trapped ourselves in a boring cyberpunk dystopia
# politics

how we trapped ourselves in a boring cyberpunk dystopia

Many of us are living in a dystopian future, but realizing that fact and making changes to fix it are much more difficult than it sounds.

world of weird things podcast: hide your jobs, hide your art, a.i. is coming for everybody
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world of weird things podcast: hide your jobs, hide your art, a.i. is coming for everybody

If you’re wondering when artificial intelligence will start destroying the world as we know it, wonder no more. That time is now.

why the future of cyborgs is squishy electronics
# tech

why the future of cyborgs is squishy electronics

Our nearly inevitable cyborg overlords may have a lot more squish and atomic scale wiring than we were taught to expect by science fiction.

how the war on experts helped the rise of authoritarian attitudes
# science

how the war on experts helped the rise of authoritarian attitudes

New studies can answer why support for authoritarianism is on the rise and more and people are becoming disillusioned with democracy.

global warming won’t kill us anymore. but it will make us suffer
# science

global warming won’t kill us anymore. but it will make us suffer

Humanity won’t collapse from climate change thanks to the steps we’ve already taken. But we will still be in serious trouble if we don’t do more.

today’s politics is undermining mental health
# politics

today’s politics is undermining mental health

Unless we tackle the cultural and mental health issues fueling populist train wrecks across the West, any political victory against them will only be temporary.

we’ll hit peak humanity soon, and we don’t know what happens next
# science

we’ll hit peak humanity soon, and we don’t know what happens next

It looks like our future is fewer humans, not more. And while that may be good for our long-term survival, it means rethinking our economic and political systems.

how and why coronavirus will change the world as we know it
# health

how and why coronavirus will change the world as we know it

The coronavirus pandemic may not be apocalyptic, but it came at just the right time to shake the foundations of our increasingly unstable world and expose its problems.

is the future of social media decentralized and peer to peer?
# tech

is the future of social media decentralized and peer to peer?

Coders and those fed up with major social media platforms are trying to create peer to peer alternatives to Twitter and Facebook. But can they really succeed in swaying users?

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