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Patrick Tanguay

Autodidact. Generalist. Synthesist. Curator of the weekly Sentiers, a newsletter to understand the world and imagine better futures.

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Francisco de Burgoa Library in Oaxaca, Mexico? By Rafael M. on Unsplash.

AI and Trust ⊗ This Is Your Brain on Books ⊗ Should Synthetic Biology Be the Next Decade’s Big Bet to Tackle Climate Change?

Arindam Mahanta on Unsplash.

Two notes on harmony

Gray and blue shoreline, Vik, Iceland. By Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash.

Positive climate tipping points ⊗ The battle for AI’s future ⊗ The ‘Georgists’ are out there

Chemin de l’Île-Grandbois, Saint-Casimir, by Mériol Lehmann.

The dangers of our net zero obsession ⊗ The origins of AI’s ideological divide ⊗ Don’t call me an “urbanist”

‘Is your soul missing too?’ Shanghai, China, by Katherine Gu on Unsplash.

Rapid urbanisation and paranormal anxieties in China ⊗ The dragonfly journey ⊗ Sorry we created the Torment Nexus

Person in a space suit and helmet looking out at the moon Europa. Vintage science fiction illustration. With Midjourney.

Space Is Dead ⊗ Work, Life, and Perennials ⊗ Sculpting Consciousness

African political activists & performance artists focused on climate change, with Midjourney.

Seawater’s teeming life may change our own ⊗ Youth Boom in Africa changes the world ⊗ Think computationally about AI

Watercolor illustrations of mushrooms by amateur mycologist Hans Walty.

Unbundling AI ⊗ Why we need utopias ⊗ Freedom from work

The Daniel-Johnson Dam, located 214 km north of Baie-Comeau, Quebec.

Ode to living on the grid ⊗ Can’t tech billionaires learn anything new? ⊗ The polycrisis, explained

A video photocomposite capturing sensory experiences, by Stuart Neilsen, Cork, Ireland.

Cities for someone, cities for everyone

Fear of oozification ⊗ Is the web eating itself? ⊗ Why culture has come to a standstill

Fear of oozification ⊗ Is the web eating itself? ⊗ Why culture has come to a standstill

Apocalypse-proof, 33 Thomas Street in New York City.

Against scale ⊗ AI data training companies hiring poets ⊗ Daniel Schmachtenberger on the Metacrisis