The Last Sitcom
Notes Toward a Future Medium
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Social Media and the Attention Economy
In the future, attention may be more valuable than money. This article examines the concept of the attention economy in the light of social media and artificial intelligence.
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Deepfakes and the End of History
Deepfakes are a threat to civilization. This article explores the social, economic, and political consequences of the coming AI catastrophe.
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Podcasts, Twitter Spaces, and The Global Village
In this article, we discuss McLuhan’s concept of the global village, and how it reflects new media, modes of communication, and social dynamics.
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Final Destination and Fear in the 21st Century
The Final Destination franchise predicted the fear and nihilism that came after 9/11. This article is an analysis of Final Destination, and the way its approach to death, and to life, articulates our present despair.
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Longing for Eden: On Rousseau’s Second Discourse
Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality is a key text in Enlightenment thought. In this article, we analyze his view of natural man in the light of ancient spiritual traditions.
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Pokémon Go as Counterfeit Reality
This post examines the origins of Pokémon Go, its relationship with Google technology, and the frightening implications of augmented reality.
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A Cure for Late Capitalism
Late capitalism is a meme, but it’s also a disease. We explore the meaning and history of the term, and examine the sickness of postmodernism. Here’s the cure.
VIDEOS
CERN, Human Sacrifice, Jack Parsons, Aleister Crowley, Occultism, and the Apocalypse.
Pizzagate is a wild conspiracy theory. Here’s a documentary I made long ago, examining the story as folklore.
An analysis of George Orwell’s essay, “Politics and the English Language.”
Here’s the true story of Santa’s Factory, narrated by Karl Marx.
The first of two videos about William Beckford’s Vathek, a disturbing and singular work by a disturbing and singular man.
The second of two videos about William Beckford’s Vathek, a disturbing and singular work by a disturbing and singular man.
An analysis of Walter Benjamin’s “On the Concept of History.”
Don’t ride in cars with strangers.