Severin Matusek

As awful as all this is, the workarounds themselves are often delightful and clever, testaments to the wit and grace of marginalized communities. For example, sex-workers call themselves "accountants." Homophobia is called "cornucopia" and "LGBTQ" becomes "Leg Booty."

This creativity isn't limited to people I admire or agree with: anti-vaxers have a... See more

We're now living in a system where attention dynamics are the operating system for resource allocation, political decisions, and identity formation.

In 2023, we launched an editorial series about AI called Shades of Intelligence. We learnt a lot about the way creatives were beginning to work with this new tech, harnessing it for tasks ranging from creative direction to project rollout. Since then, the needs have shifted. After two years of rapid change, Light and Shade focuses on the wider... See more

"Sciences are born when philosophy learns to ask the right questions; their potential is suppressed when it does not. New philosophy is born when new technologies force it to invent new concepts."

but continued a love affair with language and meaning as texture and material.

We also couldn't really participate in building Web2, in part because of our age, and because it was pretty localized who was building it.

she’s got her finger on the pulse of Zillennial malaise

It’s actually a pretty good time to be a solo operator in media in general, though — there’s a lot of opportunities to build a business with self-publishing and subscriptions, while audiences have adapted to a media diet built around relatable individuals rather than old institutions. Add on the usual revenue streams of speaking engagements,... See more