Interesting stuff that you might enjoy reading too.
quick! bookmark them before I think better of outing myself as a neo-luddite!
Blog posts
Internet culture & social media
Fricative Computing by Moshe Y. Vardi, writing for CACM
In Your Face by John Fechtel
- An excellent commentary on the limits of human-computer interaction.
- Bonus: How to enjoy your SecondSelf Skinset Pro by Sam Kriss
The Dead Internet to Come by Robert Mariani
- On AI, user-generated content, and the death of the clearnet; with a fun bit of speculative fiction in the middle.
The internet is already over by Sam Kriss
Digital esthetics, environmental change and the subcultures of computer art by Ville-Matias “Viznut” Heikkilä
Technology & software
- Choose Boring Technology by Dan McKinley
Climate change & sustainability
- Climate
technology primer (2/3): CO2 removal by Longitudinal Science
- A detailed analysis of various CO2 removal technologies . Parts 1 (climate science) & 3 (geoengineering) are also very well-written.
- Nuclear Man and Climate Woman by Elizabeth Oldfield
Life & society
- Boredom as Broccoli by Justin Hanagan
- Another Kind of Time: An Interview with Jenny Odell with Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
- Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front by Wendell Berry
- Reflections, Imbolc 2022 by Gemma Mortensen, writing for New Constellations
Books, non-fiction
- Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth
- How to Blow Up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm
- Sedated: How Modern Capitalism Created our Mental Health Crisis by James Davies
- Fortress London: Why we need to save the Country from its Capital by Sam Bright
For more light-hearted content to read/listen to/play, try this.
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