Severin Matusek

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his is how it feels to live

in the golden age of slop, a catchall word used to describe the spammy quality of easy-to-generate AI material. I’ve begun to think of it as the digital equivalent of an invasive species. Just as the introduction and replication of a novel plant or animal usually results in some form of ecological harm and threatens... See more

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

21% of 1272 freelancers surveyed reporting that the rise of generative AI has negatively impacted the demand for their services 25 but without appropriate legislation it is incredibly difficult to demand compensation. Whilst change is certainly fear-inducing in and of itself, navigating these changes with no safety net in place to ensure basic... See more

For headless entities in particular, the whitepaper plays key role in setting the tone and narrative direction for the project's continued development.

This is a chance to bring warmth and fun into an increasingly lonely and isolated world.

That’s what you did with Glissant – you created this moment where you were able to bridge popular culture and philosophy, and put Glissant’s totally essential worldview into so many new hands.

I was motivated to write Antimemetics in part because I felt dissatisfied with how we’ve unthinkingly glommed onto memetic warfare as a terminal explanation for why people do what they do. Memes and mimicry might explain some of our behavior today, but they aren’t an excuse to roll over and accept things exactly as they are.