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Burning Alone
Reflections on the philosophical spirit of Burning Man
Sep 16 • 
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Decency, democracy, & the new Californian ideology
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Aug 8 • 
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Building better handles
What does empowerment really mean?
Jul 26 • 
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Aching muscles, aching minds
A defense of meaningful work in a world that dreams of automating it away
Jul 10 • 
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What resists measure
What is lost when we flatten human worth to our intelligence?
Jun 21 • 
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The persistence of memory
What happens to our minds when machines no longer forget?
Apr 28 • 
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Deus ex machina
Freedom and its discontents
Apr 19 • 
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Intimations of immortality
Meditations on a WALL-E future
Aug 31, 2024 • 
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Ecologies of care
Reimagining relations beyond domination and subjugation
Aug 1, 2024 • 
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Investigating how humans can live fully and freely in an age of intelligent machines.

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