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Partial archive of back issues of the weekly newsletter. After a couple of platform changes I’m slowly adding older issues.

Building proofs of possibilities for a civic economy and society ⊗ Naturalizing foresight ⊗ The ChatGPT revolution is another tech fantasy

Building proofs of possibilities for a civic economy and society ⊗ Naturalizing foresight ⊗ The ChatGPT revolution is another tech fantasy

Utopia, not futurism: Why doing the impossible is the most rational thing we can do ⊗ We can’t afford to be climate doomers ⊗ The planet’s economist

Utopia, not futurism: Why doing the impossible is the most rational thing we can do ⊗ We can’t afford to be climate doomers ⊗ The planet’s economist

Personal machines and portable worlds ⊗ The 1970s librarians who revolutionised the challenge of search ⊗ Post-Anthropocene Humanism

Personal machines and portable worlds ⊗ The 1970s librarians who revolutionised the challenge of search ⊗ Post-Anthropocene Humanism

To save the planet, should we really be moving slower? ⊗ The true threat of Artificial Intelligence ⊗ What “rewilding” means—and what’s missing from this new movement

To save the planet, should we really be moving slower? ⊗ The true threat of Artificial Intelligence ⊗ What “rewilding” means—and what’s missing from this new movement

AI is killing the old web, and the new web struggles to be born ⊗ To save the planet, start digging ⊗ The new research playbook

AI is killing the old web, and the new web struggles to be born ⊗ To save the planet, start digging ⊗ The new research playbook

Modular and portable multiplayer miniverses ⊗ The extraordinary green promise of a tiny molecule ⊗ Teaching with sci-fi stories

Modular and portable multiplayer miniverses ⊗ The extraordinary green promise of a tiny molecule ⊗ Teaching with sci-fi stories

Probable events poison reality ⊗ What if design isn’t for humans? ⊗ What could happen if we give up saving journalism?

Probable events poison reality ⊗ What if design isn’t for humans? ⊗ What could happen if we give up saving journalism?

The calculus of grit ⊗ On understanding power and technology ⊗ Ted Chiang: ‘The machines we have now are not conscious’

The calculus of grit ⊗ On understanding power and technology ⊗ Ted Chiang: ‘The machines we have now are not conscious’

Thought experiment in the National Library of Thailand ⊗ The insufficient weirdness hypothesis ⊗ Seeing beyond the beauty of a Vermeer

Thought experiment in the National Library of Thailand ⊗ The insufficient weirdness hypothesis ⊗ Seeing beyond the beauty of a Vermeer

How design is governance ⊗ Where ideas come from ⊗ “This studio is a response to hopelessness about the future”

How design is governance ⊗ Where ideas come from ⊗ “This studio is a response to hopelessness about the future”

Why an easier life is not necessarily happier ⊗ What A.I. risks we should really be worried about ⊗ Google I/O and the coming AI battles

Why an easier life is not necessarily happier ⊗ What A.I. risks we should really be worried about ⊗ Google I/O and the coming AI battles

Will AI become the new McKinsey? ⊗ Doug Rushkoff is ready to renounce the digital revolution ⊗ Degrowth in Japan

Will AI become the new McKinsey? ⊗ Doug Rushkoff is ready to renounce the digital revolution ⊗ Degrowth in Japan