Severin Matusek
@severinmatusek
Writer and strategist, founder of co—matter
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To understand the networked self, we must first understand the self, which is a ceaseless endeavor. The ultimate problem of the Internet might stem not from the discrete technology but from the Frankensteinian way in which humanity’s invention has exceeded our own capacities.
Kyle Chayka • How the Internet Turned Us Into Content Machines
Dune Part Two and the Return of Socialist Realism We are living through an era of thudding cultural literalism.In our narrative products (movies, TV and to a lesser but noticeable extent, novels) that has meant that instead of story we get plot, premise and lore, dialogue is replaced by
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“How do you take the avant garde and put it into the mainstream?” says Clark of ISOLARII’s goals. “It’s about these little niches and pockets of resistance from around the world. But it's also about trying to get into mass pop culture.”
WePresent | How ISOLARII’s tiny books are sparking global conversations
Among other things, this meant leaning into a career and leaning into a career meant less time for the group chat.
Bryan Lehrer • What Happened to the New Internet?
Lorecraft is perhaps a kind of self-soothing behavior in individuals caught up in a highly automated, non-nurturing, and inhuman work environment.
Venkatesh Rao • Lands of Lorecraft
When chance so often triumphs over sweat, the real opportunity lies in writing narratives that thrive precisely because they reject old rules, and in doing so, create surprising, life-affirming possibilities that might just become the new mythologies we live by.
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This is an answer to the individualism of the creator economy.