Jul 13
New Hills to Die On
Early thoughts on the politics of protocol communities. Part 1.
4 min read
Scott Smith
Futurist, writer, explicador.
Jul 08
Controlling the Clock
Almost 70 years later, The Trouble with Lichen is right on time.
4 min read
Jun 28
Afternotes 02: Hands on the Wheel
Is AI making us lazy, and is it making at all?
Jun 19
Artifacts of Abandonment
Processing BACKROOMS as boundary object.
3 min read
Jun 14
Temporarily Embarrassed Trillionaires
When the world is all ceiling, no floor
4 min read
Jun 12
The Formula Won
A speculative artifact about data and football, read back thirteen years later.
6 min read
Jun 08
Civilization Holds the Bag
Sold to the people betting against it.
2 min read
Jun 05
Afternotes 01: AI, Work and the Ladder to Nowhere
An experiment in stereo opinion. For subscribers only.
1 min read
May 16
Murder Walls and Case Files
Divergence and convergence in the sensemaking process.
4 min read
May 13
Risk-Maxxing on Slate Money
Podcast: Talking with Felix Salmon about risk and trickle-down eschatologies.
1 min read
May 07
The Ratchet
Part 5: Why risk-maxxing doesn't reverse.
2 min read
Apr 23
Trickle-Down Eschatology
Part 4: The urgency flows down, but the safety net doesn't.
6 min read