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The Problem of Believability in the Age of AI

Don’t believe sites like @life.hurts.a.little

Jul 13

The Problem of Believability in the Age of AI

Jul 13

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Maybe Disembodiment Is The Whole Point

Thoughts on the ‘I Forgot This is the Whole Point’ Trend, Hopecore, and more.

May 4

Maybe Disembodiment Is The Whole Point

May 4

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The Disappearance of Feeling

Our growing disinhibition shapes the way we experience the world — understanding its impact is essential.

Mar 30

The Disappearance of Feeling

Mar 30

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We Need an Imagination That’s Medium… not Mechanism

Part 2 of the Disappearance of Feeling

Apr 11

We Need an Imagination That’s Medium… not Mechanism

Apr 11

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Integrity Decline?

I heard someone say in passing that they think no one has any integrity anymore. It made me pause. Something remnant in me spoke to the…

Jan 15, 2024

Integrity Decline?

Jan 15, 2024

Posturing: AI, The Job Market, Weight Loss and Stolen Identities

How Posture Has Replaced Presence in a Hyper-Curated World

Sep 12

Posturing: AI, The Job Market, Weight Loss and Stolen Identities

Sep 12

We’re Not Good At Being Alone

Why It's Time To Embrace the Awful and the Sublime of Aloneness

Aug 25

We’re Not Good At Being Alone

Aug 25

The Salt Path Scandal and Our Overreliance on Emotionally-Satisfying Stories

Does our overreliance on emotionally-satisfying stories grow in this age of fakeness?

Jul 27

The Salt Path Scandal and Our Overreliance on Emotionally-Satisfying Stories

Jul 27

Introspection or Violence? How Will Anxiety About the Future Come to Shape Us?

The lack of pluralism leaves us with only two choices.

Jul 4

Introspection or Violence? How Will Anxiety About the Future Come to Shape Us?

Jul 4

Why Cultural Insularity is A Murky Story

Cultural insularity is not always straightforwardly good or bad. Rather, it’s caught in desires for identity, safety, power, and meaning.

Jun 24

Why Cultural Insularity is A Murky Story

Jun 24

Madeline Medensky

Madeline Medensky

I'm a writer curious about what our being-in the-world means, the potential it has to shape us, and the factors in society that can effect it.

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