Tessa Fights Robots - Being Human Among Robots

Lovers, Missionaries and Technology: A Story of a Passionate Little Boy

Listen, baby. I’ve built a castle for you. I want you to love my castle, and I want you to love me for building it.

I am an Outsider: A Story of Freedom

In a world driven by financial self-preservation, truth-telling is a commercial affair. Truth, the edited version, hello.

Civilization at a Crossroads: Feelings, Words, and a Power Grab

Our masters don’t mind our fighting with each other for the leftovers from their table.

The Speedup

Imagine trying to get happy on a tight deadline. Like you have ten minutes to get happy, or else your boss is going to punish you.

Facts, Soundbites, Disinfo: Who Decides What’s Real?

Our soundbites are our digital drugs.

I Wanted to Talk About Dating R Kelly But Ended Up Talking about Russian Culture Instead

This story is about the Russian women and our cross-generational strengths, weaknesses, courage, and servitude.

Too Many Names to Remember: Are We 7 Billion Anonymous Observers?

I can watch a video with 55 million views, cry over it, feel the feeling—and never know who made it, or who was in it.

I Wanted to Talk About Dating R Kelly But Ended Up Talking about Russian Culture Instead

This story is about the Russian women and our cross-generational strengths, weaknesses, courage, and servitude.

Language & Extraction

When language is used for extraction, it is designed as a weapon of war.

About Fighting Robots: Basket Rules

Imagine, you have a nice basket. You carry food in it. But then it starts telling you what food to get (using “Basket Rules”).

Monsters vs. Aliens vs. Human Beings. Human Beings, Please.

Pick your brand of destruction!

Happiness, Linear Logic, and Being Hit on the Head with a Bag of Bricks

There are lucky people who were raised in not-so-intellectual cultures. You can recognize them by the facial expression. Me, I went through the same grinder as most of my friends.

Learn How to Code, You Say? Why Don’t You Go F*ck Yourself

When I needed money, I learned coding—but I ended up so miserable that I left IT forever.

Too Many Names to Remember: Are We 7 Billion Anonymous Observers?

I can watch a video with 55 million views, cry over it, feel the feeling—and never know who made it, or who was in it.

Benefits of Western Civilization: Hashtags, Pride, No Awe

Look, look! Who else could have thought of such beauty? We clearly are the best.

Will the New Digital Generation Be Remembered as the Lost Digital Generation?

What’s happening to the shiny digital generation in the U.S. has already happened to the generation of my grandparents in the Soviet Union.

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Lovers, Missionaries and Technology: A Story of a Passionate Little Boy

I am an Outsider: A Story of Freedom

Civilization at a Crossroads: Feelings, Words, and a Power Grab

The Speedup

Facts, Soundbites, Disinfo: Who Decides What’s Real?

I Wanted to Talk About Dating R Kelly But Ended Up Talking about Russian Culture Instead

Too Many Names to Remember: Are We 7 Billion Anonymous Observers?

I Wanted to Talk About Dating R Kelly But Ended Up Talking about Russian Culture Instead

Language & Extraction

About Fighting Robots: Basket Rules

Monsters vs. Aliens vs. Human Beings. Human Beings, Please.

Happiness, Linear Logic, and Being Hit on the Head with a Bag of Bricks

Learn How to Code, You Say? Why Don’t You Go F*ck Yourself

Too Many Names to Remember: Are We 7 Billion Anonymous Observers?

Benefits of Western Civilization: Hashtags, Pride, No Awe

Will the New Digital Generation Be Remembered as the Lost Digital Generation?

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