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Let's untangle our sociotechnical world & change it.
Oct 20, 2024
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š¤ AI isnāt āhallucinating.ā We are.
Jun 4, 2023
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Transparency! Itās, uh, complicated.
Oct 16, 2022
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š§ Unfollow your friends!
May 19, 2024
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What happens online when we die?
Jun 9, 2024
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The Universe Called. It Says Your Theory of Change IsĀ Cute.
Listen now | PLUS: Doom loops, data centers, and a new tool for philanthropic leaders.
Nov 9
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"Autonomy or Empire"- Rethinking What AI Is For
Listen now | My conversation with Harry Law, researcher at the University of Cambridge
Nov 2
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Why everyoneās talking past each other about AI ā and what to do about it!
Everyoneās Talking Past Each Other About AI
Oct 26
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When the Past Is Alive in the Code: Rethinking Strategy in a Technological Age
AI notetakers, philanthropy enters the chat, and strategy mistakes.
Oct 19
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'Be Curious, Not judgmental' or What AI Critics Get Wrong!
Listen now | My conversation with Lee Vinsel, Assistant Professor and creator of People & Things
Oct 12
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The Age of Myth-Making
Digital technologies have changed the way we read and write ā what comes next?
May 4
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Thereās no such thing as āfully autonomousā agents
Donāt āfully self-driveā yourself to an early graveā¦
Apr 6
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The Infinite Manosphere
We need a positive vision of masculinity ASAP
Mar 2
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Trapped by the Pursuit of Efficiency
When tech is the end goal, we lose sight of everything that truly matters.
Feb 2
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The Church of Number Go Up
Is crypto a casino? A church? A new kind of infrastructure? The answer is: yes
Dec 1, 2024
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How to do the next rightĀ thing
Chatbot speak, unreliable tools, and directions not targets.
Jun 26
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How to engage your system amidst uncertainty
A guide for working with uncertainty.
Jun 5
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How to determine if youāre dealing with a 'complex system'
A guide for embracing complexity & adaptive strategies
May 29
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How to define your system
A guide for identifying clear boundaries, and avoiding 'unintended consequences.'
May 22
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How to map backward from the future
PLUS: Get a free copy of my first e-book, AI Untangled
May 15
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š® Artificial Intelligence
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Rethinking Goals in an Uncertain World
Why relationshipsānot rigid targetsāare the key to meaningful systems change.
Aug 10
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Flattery as a Feature: Rethinking 'AI Sycophancy'
PLUS: Sam Altman says the quiet part out loud
Aug 3
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Thereās no such thing as āfully autonomousā agents
Donāt āfully self-driveā yourself to an early graveā¦
Apr 6
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How to analyze the frames and metaphors that hide power in AI
A guide to interrogating rhetorical power in sociotechnical systems
Mar 9
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Trapped by the Pursuit of Efficiency
When tech is the end goal, we lose sight of everything that truly matters.
Feb 2
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Can we democratize AI?
My conversation with Divya Siddarth, Co-Founder & Executive Director of the Collective Intelligence Project
Dec 20, 2024
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Is AI snake oil?
An interview with Princeton Professor Arvind Narayanan
Nov 24, 2024
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The potential of public AI
An interview with Mozilla's Nik Marda and Jasmine Sun
Nov 17, 2024
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Jasmine Sun
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šŗ Media & Tech
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The Infinite Manosphere
We need a positive vision of masculinity ASAP
Mar 2
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The Age of Participatory Media
Let's generate 'cold media,' shall we?
Jan 12
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Building healthy local communities online & off
A conversation with Deepti Doshi, Co-Director, New_Public
Dec 15, 2024
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Block, build, be
A conversation about the work ahead with Anya Kamenetz, creator of The Golden Hour
Dec 8, 2024
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Fragment the media! Embrace the shards!
For this election, think less about our āshared realityā and more about information integrity
Nov 3, 2024
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š§ Unfollow your friends!
An interview with Louis Barclay, creator of Unfollow Everything.
May 19, 2024
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š§ Synthetic social media
Internet users, brace for the emergence of E-Swift
Jan 7, 2024
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Pretty privilege, appearance labor, and worthiness.
PLUS: Get a free, signed copy of Elise Hu's new book, Flawless.
Sep 24, 2023
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Elise Hu
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š¤ Crypto
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The Myth of the Crowd: How Prediction Markets Reflect Power, Not Wisdom
Trump's AI Action Plan, confident conspiracy theorists, and ChimpGPT.
Jul 27
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The $TRUMP Token
How 'social tokens' will turn influencers, celebrities, and apparently, politicians, into stocks
Jan 26
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The narrators of the "Tech Industrial Complex."
The problem of the techno-determinist mindset.
Jan 19
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Are blockchains immutable?
A dive into the collective belief that āyes, assets CAN be digital, and you CAN own them!ā
Dec 29, 2024
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Crypto Untangled
A book about crypto for the curious skeptic.
Dec 18, 2024
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The Church of Number Go Up
Is crypto a casino? A church? A new kind of infrastructure? The answer is: yes
Dec 1, 2024
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š§ In crypto, everything is a ponzi
ā¦until sometimes, itās not.
Mar 3, 2024
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Who are you?
A wonky romp through identity, classification, and power.
Dec 4, 2022
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