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2026
Media Analysis
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you can go on dreaming
Psychology
There’s something alive down there
platonic space, the unconscious, hemispheric asymmetry
Psychology
Hyper-hypotheticals in Psychological Research
a real méconnaissance man
AI
AGI and the Infinite, Part I
somewhere between prologue and introduction
Psychology
Desire as a Responsibility
So stay therrrrre, Cause I'll be comin' overrrrr
AI
Synthetic men can't jump
ai & human creativity
Media Analysis
Please stop using that MIT Cognitive Debt paper as evidence of something
or is it cognitive atrophy? wait no, cognitive cost? wait, no
Artefacts
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Philosophy
You best start believing in ghost stories
hey little train, we're jumping on
Notes
2026 has already happened
a highly self-indulgent note on blog direction and creativity
2025
Psychology
On Groups and Individuals
this is and isn't about behavioural science and policy
Psychology
Everything's going exactly as expected
Look what you started, is this what you wanted?
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it is almost time
Philosophy
Who burned down the Shoreditch cereal café?
my dear, what if this actually is how an algorithm feels from inside
Psychology
An Actually Good Psychology Reading List
official already happened library pt.1
Media Analysis
If it's on TV, it's a TV show
and if it's on your phone, it's a Tiktok
AI
how to move two goalposts at the same time
it helps if you don't know what you're trying to achieve
Philosophy
Give it a name and make it real
how to (un)fix something in time
Artefacts
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artefacts1, we're bringing image essays back
Notes
It would be so unbelievably easy to solve London's nightlife policy mess
so let's just make a bill and hand it to them
AI
AI Agents have a trust-value-complexity problem
screw it i'll do it myself
Media Analysis
Priced In: The 'Collapse' of Conscientiousness
people love a graph
Media Analysis
Love Island UK S12 E47 is a totally new kind of Greek myth
or artform, idk the difference at this point
Media Analysis
Priced In: Self-sabotage edition
why do bad things keep happening to me
Media Analysis
Priced In: Replication and Replicants
behavioural science, ai lovers retreats, cognitive decline, agency
Philosophy
Romance often occurs at unsolved equilibria
get it while it's hot
Philosophy
Cultural Moloch
the speed depends on the destination
AI
The things you don't want to know about yourself
i met sam altman in the bathroom, he said everything was going to be ok
AI
7 Artists Making Good AI Art Right Now
also how to have a healthier feed
AI
Zuck's friendship numbers don't add up
who's really afraid of connection?
AI
There's a reasonable chance that you're seriously running out of time
who knows the real price of individualism?
Media Analysis
What is The White Lotus for?
'C' = D x V x F < R
Philosophy
On Violence and Orderliness
only one is a support system
AI
AGI isn't for happy people
Wouldn't you rather be on the be/acch?
2024
Media Analysis
Why did Slavoj Zizek write copy for Abercrombie & Fitch in 2003?
the wrods thmesevles dno't mtaetr aynmroe
Philosophy
Someone else was in the room where it happened
yo chat you seeing this shit?
Psychology
The semiotics of spiking someone's drink
what nudges can tell you about you
Philosophy
Your dichotomy between real and fake is wrong
a brief note on AI's reflection
Philosophy
How to learn about people in art galleries and smoking areas
both are a matter of life and death
Philosophy
She Said I Want Something That I Want
ceci n'est pas une 'hangout epidemic'
Philosophy
Culture is a System
And the purpose of a system is what it does
Philosophy
The Status Quo is Dead, Long Live The Status Quo
Why technology has the power to change you before you change it
2023
Psychology
Inertia with a capital 'I'
Behavioural science and individualism
Media Analysis
The 'For You' Everything
Economics and individualism
AI
You’re (even more) on your own from here
Technology and individualism
Psychology
What #corecore was actually about
aka 'why weirdness and powerlessness are correlated'
AI
Why Making Up for Lost Time is Hard
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