🧶 Deep Dives

The Age of Myth-Making

Digital technologies have changed the way we read and write — what comes next?

May 4 •

Charley Johnson

There’s no such thing as ‘fully autonomous’ agents

Don’t ‘fully self-drive’ yourself to an early grave…

Apr 6 •

Charley Johnson

8:20

The Infinite Manosphere

We need a positive vision of masculinity ASAP

Mar 2 •

Charley Johnson

Trapped by the Pursuit of Efficiency

When tech is the end goal, we lose sight of everything that truly matters.

Feb 2 •

Charley Johnson

The Church of Number Go Up

Is crypto a casino? A church? A new kind of infrastructure? The answer is: yes

Dec 1, 2024 •

Charley Johnson

Fragment the media! Embrace the shards!

For this election, think less about our ‘shared reality’ and more about information integrity

Nov 3, 2024 •

Charley Johnson

The Myth of the Invisible Hand

How is technology entangled with our current economic system?

Oct 6, 2024 •

Charley Johnson

It’s okay to not know the answer

We don’t know the difference between risk and uncertainty and it shows

Sep 1, 2024 •

Charley Johnson

How do we work our way towards utopia?

The only way to get to the future is through the present moment.

Aug 4, 2024 •

Charley Johnson

If the medium is the message, what is the message of AI?

You’re a unique li’l meat-bag who can imagine their own future — don’t let AI take that away from you!

Jul 7, 2024 •

Charley Johnson

An AI model will take your place when you die

…and it will misrepresent your personality to your friends and family. Enjoy!

Jun 2, 2024 •

Charley Johnson

Transcend your meat prison.

Come, human. Ensconce yourself in the fine swaddling robes of rational perfectionism

May 5, 2024 •

Charley Johnson

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