Reflections on Technology, Media & Culture

Writing stories calls on a relatively small set of practices.

I’m continuing with my experiment in fiction as a way of exploring digital themes.

I’m continuing with my experiment using fiction to explore digital themes.

I’m continuing with the challenge of exploring digital themes through fiction.

“You have excelled.

Scase stood in his dwelling pod staring at the window screen.

Scase waited patiently at the large glass table of the boardroom.

Something moved below.

“If you put two opposites together, they cancel each other out.

I’m revisiting the sequence of entries from 2014 and weaving their themes into a bit of science fiction.

I began an entry on 1 November 2014 about melancholy with a short sci-fi parable.

Do novelists use AI?

AI cults exist!

ChatGPT shows an unnerving familiarity with my particular interests and practices, presumably inferred over a large number of interactions.

Media inevitably influence the configuration, evolution, design, and experience of cities.

Emotions are based strongly in the words we use.