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Hi, it’s Charley. Welcome back to Untangled, a weekly-ish newsletter about technology, people, and power. In October, I published five issues:
In “Building Alternative Futures,” I argued that it’s impossible to build radically different futures out of data that is tethered to the past. Instead, so-called ‘predictive’ algorithms chase the past under the guise of progress. Since I try not to be a total buzz kill, I also offered five steps to help nudge us toward alternative futures.
In “Whose AI?”, I untangled a few news stories and then shared a podcast episode from the archives to help contextualize the downfall of SBF, FTX, and the dynamics that make crypto more susceptible to collapse.
I celebrated 5,000 subscribers and solicited your input on an upcoming essay about synthetic social media.
In “A Newsletter from the Future," I distilled the three common pitfalls I see people make when experimenting with alternative futures.
Then I ‘Untangled the News’ for October! I synthesized my fav…
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