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Essay-type ruminations, reflections, and explications on ideas, concepts, or phenomena.
Silicon Valley Hates You
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Silicon Valley Hates You

The Silicon Valley death drive is the resoundingly anti-human, anti-creative conceit at the root of generative AI development.
28 Apr 2025 9 min read
Techno and the Chinese Century: 'The Last Year of Darkness' in review
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Techno and the Chinese Century: 'The Last Year of Darkness' in review

This 2023 film about club culture and queer nightlife in Chengdu, China, is a compelling watch—and an eye-opening one.
06 Feb 2025 6 min read
Longform: A Spectre is Haunting Electronic Music
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Longform: A Spectre is Haunting Electronic Music

Marx would surely have loved the club, but would have been aghast at the economic conditions therein.
16 Oct 2024 7 min read
Longform: The New Industrial
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Longform: The New Industrial

Or why Dean Blunt might be the truest spiritual successor to Throbbing Gristle.
26 Aug 2024 10 min read
A late 90s digital image created in Bryce 3D.
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Longform: Exiting the Vampire Algorithm

A defense of human-led music discovery in the digital age—with apologies to Mark Fisher.
29 Jul 2024 7 min read
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