Severin Matusek

The Trump Administration has taken full advantage of this algorithm brain. We’ve entered the pure extraction phase of the economy, where things are created solely for consumption rather than purpose. I don’t mean this as a moralistic argument, it’s purely incentives, but it’s puzzling.

“I think we've entered a space now in the world where technology has become political and basically every one of us is conflicted,” Moss said at the beginning of the discussion.

Introducing the TBPN Media Market Map. Understanding the evolving media landscape can be confusing, even bewildering. From Neo Trad Media to the East Coast Underground, we put together a simple market map to help make sense of it all. https://t.co/J7SSaDiXPl

oft clubbing speaks to the shift in our social needs in a post-pandemic world, the very same needs that have led to a rise in run clubs and hobby clubs such as chess and bowling. Previously the club was an adequate provider of your weekly dose of social interaction, a space to dance, socialise and, for many, get intoxicated too. However, for a... See more

As we train our sights on what we oppose, let’s recall the costs of surrender. When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers. We stuff the pockets of oligarchs with even more money. We abet the acceleration of a social media gyre that everyone admits is making life worse. We accept the... See more

Art, which had previously been a way to produce discursive polyphony, aligned itself with the dominant social-justice discourses of the day, with works dressed up as protest and contextualized according to decolonial or queer theory, driven by a singular focus on identity.

But at least one thing has always felt clear to us: If you want to try and do something fun, strange and special on the internet, it helps to owe nothing to anyone but your readers.