Essays
/ Post-Mortems
The Self You Keep in Reserve
We maintain a pristine version of ourselves that never encounters the world — the person we'd be if circumstances were different, if we had time, if we weren't so tired. This ghost self absolves us of being who we actually are.
Read →02 / workThe Glitch Economy: When Every Job Became Customer Service
Somewhere between efficiency and madness, we deleted the middle of work. Now everyone who isn't managing algorithms is apologizing for them.
Read →03 / workThe Last Human Architect Is Bored
In the ruins of New Kyoto, an architect spends her days verifying the structural integrity of buildings designed by a rogue generative engine. They are beautiful, impossible, and completely uninhabitable for the human form.
Read →04 / warAlgorithmic Slaughter: A Field Report
The first fully autonomous engagement was over before any human commander knew it had begun. The after-action report was generated, classified, and forgotten in the same eleven seconds.
Read →05 / selfHow to Mourn Your Job
You will not get a funeral. You will get a Slack message and a calendar invite titled "Quick chat." This is a guide to the grief that follows.
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