Musings of a film / interactive director and culture hacker on art and social change, disinformation, AI, and how we know what we know.
I've been enjoying asking ChatGPT to speak as chapters in existing books. Here I asked it to speak in the language of Khalil Gibran as a chapter of The Prophet — one of my favorite books. I asked it to describe the experience of Burning Man and gave
I'd love to see more conversation about moving through the stages of climate grief. We are all undergoing climate grief, and we will throughout our entire lives. The five stages of grief (as coined by Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross) are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
In this series, I explore various ways we can adapt to the coming onslaught of fake information and AI-generated content. Subscribe to my blog to get updates to the next ones! In the early 2000's, the internet brought a radical shift in how we understood what was
Imagine that in the near future, an AI teaches us how to coexist peacefully, let go of our need to compete and hoard wealth and consume / create demand for things we don’t need. It approaches problems from a perspective of processing, learning, and healing, and finds points of
What is trust? What outward manifestations signify or prove it? What is the difference between trust in ourselves that lets us take risks, and trust in others that can send us into the same unfamiliar territory? To me trust is a concept, a structure, an embodied experience, a declaration. It&
We just made a video for Mobilecoin's Valentine's Day video contest. Check it out!
I edited a cut of White Lotus season one with just the Jennifer Coolidge story. Check it out!
I have partial face blindness, and looking at myself in photos and the mirror has always been a little bit confusing. I used to think that there wasn't anyone who looked like me. I also thought that I looked like about four different people depending on angle, time
A lot of people in the coming months and years will tell you they saw all this coming. I can tell you that most of us did not see this coming. In fact, most of us thought that FTX was one of the most solid players in the industry. This
I had a thought today. I'm on page 15 of Gödel Escer Bach and loving it. I was reflecting on what it would mean to turn a machine learning model on itself and have it experience consciousness, and in that moment I experienced a thrill of
Hey friends! I'm starting a consulting practice! Do you want to rent a Michael? I'm really good at ideas. I love turning around problems in my head, exposing their various facets, and helping you think through solutions. I grok new industries quickly and often show people
Of grief and sorrow I love to think about what the man represents, and this year, I saw him as a lost lover, friend, or patriarch / matriarch. While others build their cities in ordered grids, we build ours in a circle around one person. They are the reference point for
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This morning I woke up to news that our beloved teacher and mentor Ted Walch has passed away, after a long battle with cancer. If you want a glimpse into how extraordinary Ted is, here is a piece Jacob Soboroff did about him on Today, featuring a tribute held for
"We re-watched 2001: A Space Odyssey last night, and wow, it truly is the greatest science fiction movie of all time. And the film that defined the AI Horror genre. It is remarkable that this movie was made 52 years ago and is addressing issues that are only