The Value of "Disciplined Study"
On Chad Wellmon’s wonderful "After the University"
Small Precautions
Seeing the future through the past, and vice versa
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A Republic of Owners
From Casino Kleptocracy to a Mutualist Industrial Design
Waiting for the AI Chernobyl
In which I converse with Stuart Russell for the Futurology podcast
On the Antisemitism Mess at PEN America
PEN America’s mess — and a nastier version of the same problem in San Francisco
The End of the Pareto Alibi
For much of the postwar period, up until the arrival of Donald Trump as president in 2017, most mainstream American policy debates operated under an unstated rule: a policy was only legitimate if it made someone better off without making anyone worse off.
Return of the Repressed
Postcolonial leaders chose sovereignty and were haunted by economics. European leaders chose economics and were haunted by politics.
What Comes After the Multiversity?
An MVP for the post-multiversity college
Arguing with a Techno-Optimist
My Futurology Conversation with Andy McAfee
Editors Shouldn't Care Whether Writers Are Using LLMs
Publications everywhere are wringing their hands about how to deal with LLM-generated prose. Ban it? Demand disclosure? The whole debate is silly.
What Is Futurology, Anyway?
Introducing the latest episode of the podcast, where I’m the subject, not the host