PinnedAbout Me — Wesley SwinnenBuilding Stories That Connect: TV & Audio ProductionFeb 23A response icon3Feb 23A response icon3
Published inActuallyThoughThe Most Trusted Man in America Never Existed — And We’re Falling for the Same Scam with AICronkite’s legendary status was built on a bogus poll and desperate hope — and we’re making the same mistake with AIOct 22A response icon1Oct 22A response icon1
Published inActuallyThoughAI & Labor Watch: Week of October 17, 2025The Corporate AI Assault on Workers Reaches Critical MassOct 17Oct 17
Published inBooks Are Our Superpower7 Writing Tips I Learned Editing Susan Orlean’s New AudiobookFrom finding ideas to building confidence: Writing advice from the author of The Orchid Thief and The Library BookOct 13A response icon23Oct 13A response icon23
Published inActuallyThoughAI Social Media Is Here Whether You Like It or NotAnd all they want is your biometric data forever. In exchange we get deepfakes and misinformationOct 7Oct 7
How to Use AI Without Getting Replaced: The Workslop Problem ExplainedSep 30A response icon4Sep 30A response icon4
Published inActuallyThoughFrom the Smothers Brothers to Jimmy Kimmel: How Government Censorship Evolvedhow we got here and why so called “cancel culture” helps celebrities and hurts the working classSep 22Sep 22
Published inActuallyThoughYouTube’s New AI Tools Are Conditioning Viewers to Accept Content They Don’t WantHow the platform is systematically training audiences to tolerate “AI slop” while positioning itself to eliminate creators entirelySep 21A response icon6Sep 21A response icon6
Published inWrite Your WorldWe Know How Ancient Civilizations Solved Debt Crises. Do Modern Economists Care?What I learned editing Ray Dalio’s audiobook — then reading David Graeber’s devastating critiqueSep 20A response icon50Sep 20A response icon50
Published inAI AdvancesEinstein Warned Against Weapons of Mass Destruction. AI Leaders Are Building ThemHow Silicon Valley weaponized safety concerns to justify racing toward the very technologies they claim could end humanitySep 15A response icon16Sep 15A response icon16