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Glass half full, half empty—the wisdom to know the difference
Nov 6, 2025
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“Social” Technology Through the Lens of Addiction
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How the music industry can take back control
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What technologists can learn from a good bartender
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Bullshit Tools: A Theory
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What Streaming Can Teach Us About the AI Future of Music
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Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, California Stars, and MediCrunch: selections from the wonderful and the weird for the week ending Feb. 13, 2026
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Normalizing deviance, one notification at a time
How the unacceptable became tolerable, normal, then irresistible
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Something For the Weekend #33
Consolations II, The Onion in person and ITRL: selections from the wonderful and the weird for the week ending Feb. 6, 2026
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Attachment as a Service; Dependency on Demand
It doesn’t need to be ‘evil’ to be dangerous. It just needs to be effective.
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William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love, Suit That You Wear, and the Chemex Ottomatic®: selections from the wonderful and the weird for the week…
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