Hotpot is a personal newsletter by Andrea Brena that examines how technology shapes behavior, covering topics like music ownership versus streaming, digital presence, and overtourism driven by social media and mapping apps. Readers get reflective essays that connect everyday experiences to broader questions about convenience, visibility and place.
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Essays and talk notes on the AT Protocol (Atmosphere) ecosystem and on rebuilding online information networks around ordinary people. It draws on writers such as Ursula Franklin, natural history and field observation to argue for decentralized, community-governed social infrastructure.
Essays and updates exploring how people can live humanely amid rapid technological change, especially AI, with a mix of speculative scenarios, historical analogies and fine art. It also covers news and interviews around the author's dystopian novel The Last Upheaval.
A Substack by Dr. Sean Tobin that reflects on artificial intelligence through faith and psychology, covering topics such as the Vatican's encyclical on AI, machine consciousness and the arrival of personal AI agents. It also includes practical guidance for people who feel overwhelmed and want to start using AI tools.
After Babel is a free weekly newsletter by Jonathan Haidt and his team examining how digital technology is reshaping childhood and society, with practical guidance for parents and others. Recent issues cover ancient wisdom in modern psychology, accountability for Meta's harms to kids, and research from a new NYU Stern lab.
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