slop is a bad story
a short rantifesto
Working Theorys
A collection of essays about people, technology, art, & the future.
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New Media is Insider Media
Working Theory #100
The Season Finale of TBPN
On the show, the meta-show, and cultural power.
White Collar Goes Blue
A working theory on luxury workers’ rights and the reshaping of the professional laptop class.
Dreams of Stability
Tech’s New Corporate & the status in safety nets.
Proof of Humanity
Goodhart's law for authenticity.
Franchise Thinking
On the sequel economics of ideas.
Notes on Not Posting
intermittent fasting for the terminally online
The Freaks Are the Last to Go
There’s a kind of magic when you read something that feels almost nonsensical and yet, by the time you’ve read the last word, you know exactly what it means, and without ever asking, you’ve been forced to unlock strange new ways of seeing and feeling the world.
Congratulations, Publicly
You can't just be happy for someone anymore.
The Self Is The Platform
On Consumer AI, and why individual leverage is eating collective coordination.
Doomprompting Is the New Doomscrolling.
The new slot machines of thought — AI’s infinite scroll and the quiet outsourcing of our intention.
Playing to Win Friends & Influence People
The Craft 003: A conversation with founder Avi Schiffman on conviction, AI companionship, and launching the first version of Friend.
Encore Anxiety
Fear of disappointing people you've already impressed is more paralyzing than fear of impressing nobody at all.
What Humans Do Next
On 5 types of human work in the gentle singularity.
From "Shadow Artist" to Artist
A conversation with Dipa Halder, software engineer turned full-time artist.
The Relationship Is the Job
What remains when we automate most manual labor and cognitive labor?
MEDIA AND MACHINES.
The operating system of our era — and why every empire will be half-media, half-machine.
In the age of slop, craft is rebellion
A conversation about craft, code, and creative freedom with indie game artisan Neal Agarwal, creator of Neal.fun.
Make Something Heavy.
We're creating more than ever, but it weighs nothing.