Alex Dobrenko

What percentage of history's greatest and most prolific writers did not use a Zettelkasten? More than 99%, probably. Luhmann is an exception that proves the rule.

No one wants to take the risk of caring deeply.

Science may be the pursuit of truth, but scientific language is adept at dressing up insidious ideologies as fundamental truths.

The history of physical computers is a list of increasingly capable “bicycles for the mind” as Jobs put it. But my list of 10 conceptual advances above, along with their instrumental realizations (involving physical computers as well as other technologies), is more like a list of “telescopes for the soul.” Ways to peer into the computational heart... See more

I'm a critical designer currently living and working in Berlin. When I'm not being paid, I create things that explore how we as a society engage with technology and each other