Every season I research one topic—utopian cities, collective ownership of corporations, an analog future in the age of AI. Free subscribers get some essays. Paid subscribers get every essay and the digital or print pamphlet.
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MacKenzie Scott should have gotten Kindle in the divorce
But she can still build the e-book future we’ve been waiting for. Here's an open letter to the author.
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Future-spective Hell yeah. Elle, she should hire you to run this for her.
If we fix the phone, we fix society
Here's how I would redesign devices for a more analog world.
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Noel Hi Elle,
I love this article. The idea of removing text and call features is so ballsy but might be vital to live a less distracted lifestyle.
Thank...
On the desire to live in a cabin in the woods
What does it say about modern life that I dream of escaping it?
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延续存在 Pressure comes from the conditions of life’s existence.
Life must maintain itself. Maintenance requires energy, and energy must be continuously obtai...
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