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Paul Graham Raven

Paul is a writer, researcher and consulting critical and creative futures practitioner. He lives in Malmö with a cat, some guitars, and too many books.

week 38 / 2024

week 38 / 2024

Head in the clouds and feet on the ground, realising that it's almost time to retire the sandals for another year—hoo, lordy, it's WEEKNOTES. This week, the uncounted is counted once more, and a very big book has a very big opinion of itself.

fairy or walrus? futuring tips from the Tumblrati

fairy or walrus? futuring tips from the Tumblrati

This is the hill I will die on today: the kids on Tumblr are currently engaging more seriously with the boundless possibilities of futurity than the Very Serious AI Guys of LinkedIn.

schedule adjustment notice

schedule adjustment notice

Hello, worldbuilders! Just a quick note to let you know: it occurred to me this morning that my spending a bunch of time compiling weeknotes which don't get emailed to you, only to then spend a shorter amount of time two days later writing a short note alerting

week 37 / 2024

week 37 / 2024

Having flashbacks to rhinestone country compressed through the speakers of a first-generation Ford Fiesta—yep, it's WEEKNOTES. This week, many meetings have been had, and we find ourselves agreeing with *gasp* a quantitative analyst!

hot in the city 2nite

hot in the city 2nite

Hello worldbuilders! It's 28°C in Malmö this afternoon, and it's reliably been around that temperature in the afternoon for close to a week now. I quite like hot weather, really, but a lot of other folk are less keen—and I dare say I'

week 36 / 2024

week 36 / 2024

Gingerly g**gling "relieve hip flexors sedentary work", blinking at the tiny-font AI garbage you get in response—yes, it's time once again for WEEKNOTES! This week, the undocumentation of some working hours is documented, and Andrew Dana Hudson sends solarpunk thoughts from a road-trip.

world-fleshing: an interview with Georgina Voss (part 1)

world-fleshing: an interview with Georgina Voss (part 1)

The first part of an interview with artist, author and educator Georgina Voss, in which worldbuilding is (sort of) distinguished from world-fleshing, and tips on artistic practice are gleaned from thought leader Hannibal Lecter.