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week 37 / 2025: a room of one’s own

week 37 / 2025: a room of one’s own

It’s been wall-to-wall logistics around here this week, as I’ve been moving in to a new studio/office space...
Paul Graham Raven Sep 14, 2025
week 36 / 2025: at the intersection of three things

week 36 / 2025: at the intersection of three things

I've been going on about this "narrative prototyping" thing for ages now, but how does it differ from science fiction and/or design fiction? Well, since you asked...
Paul Graham Raven Sep 7, 2025
week 35 / 2025: radio daze

week 35 / 2025: radio daze

Client work is keeping me busy this weekend, so perhaps you'd like to go listen to a recent podcast appearance?
Paul Graham Raven Aug 31, 2025
week 34 / 2025: the machine stops

week 34 / 2025: the machine stops

When life gives you lemons, make a lemonade-flavoured parable in place of the more considered content that you'd have written if you'd not lost the time to dealing with the lemons.
Paul Graham Raven Aug 24, 2025
week 33 / 2025: how much is too much?

week 33 / 2025: how much is too much?

Or, phrased differently: what do the IPCC's climate change scenarios have in common with the Star Wars franchise?
Paul Graham Raven Aug 17, 2025
week 32 / 2025: conspiracy culture

week 32 / 2025: conspiracy culture

There's nothing like looking at the disposable popular culture of three decades previous for reminding you that there's nothing new under the sun, and that history moves in waves rather than an arc.
Paul Graham Raven Aug 10, 2025
week 31 / 2025: churches of futurity

week 31 / 2025: churches of futurity

What can we learn about futures from thinking about them as if they were faiths or fandoms? Quite a lot, if you ask me...
Paul Graham Raven Aug 3, 2025

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