Modern e-commerce is pathological; an example.

What happens to religion in a Utopia?

Is sourdough goyish? A personal essay.

The dark, moody undertones of Chris Hayes' piece on internet fame go nicely with the bright, yet restrained optimism of Stasavage and Schneider's application of early democracies to the internet.

Nothing to see here, just Nature totally slipping into the business of curating preprints.

The 'solar' in solarpunk is both a literal reference to renewable energy and a metaphor for decentralized, locally controlled, but interconnected resilience.

Let's talk when the metaverse can directly feed the hungry, house people, or remove carbon from the atmosphere.

Maybe the people who are trying to understand why conspiracies take root online are themselves part of a giant conspiracy to prop up the online advertising economy. Personally, I think the truth might be weirder and a bit less nihilistic.

There's only one search result for 'marxist' on PornHub.

About a month ago we switched to a 4-day, 8 hour per day workweek. Here are some reflections from the first few weeks.