Tara McMullin

@taramcmullin

Writer, podcaster, and producer baffled by the absurdity of neoliberal capitalism. Autistic feminist. Aspiring independent scholar. Amateur baker. Host of the What Works podcast and author of a book of the same name.

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Life as Grist For the AI Mill

Dave Infante hamiltonnolan.com

Artificial Intelligence and

Worldbuilding, for me, was a form of expansive hope—a necessary imagination for being alive.

Morgan Harper Nichols • A Necessary Imagination

Worldbuilding

Sometimes, one needs to be emotionally invested in a hypothetical situation to fully appreciate its consequences. In such cases, fiction seems a better tool to explore the consequences of particular philosophical views than philosophical thought experiments.

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Science Fiction

What Is College For?

Andrew Delbanco discusses the purpose of college, highlighting economic benefits, political importance, and the value of liberal education in fostering individual growth and enhancing democratic citizenship.

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This is, for many of us, the dream: unfettered commitment to externalizing our innards without concern for any gaze but our own. Reclaiming one’s time, you could say. But it requires nothing short of a battle.

Marian Bull • When a hobby becomes a job

Labor Under Capitalism

Moving Forward

Anab Jain, in Do Interesting by Russell Davies

How Hollywood used the digital transition against workers

Paris Marx disconnect.blog

Labor Under Capitalism

The companies promoting generative-A.I. programs claim that they will unleash creativity. In essence, they are saying that art can be all inspiration and no perspiration—but these things cannot be easily separated. I’m not saying that art has to involve tedium. What I’m saying is that art requires making choices at every scale; the countless... See more

The Creator Economy and

100 ways to share your work + life that aren’t social media — Amelia Hruby

Amelia Hruby ameliahruby.com

The Creator Economy