Deep dives
25 pieces on this desk, newest first.
- 2026-10-08deep dive tech single source: Techdirt
The Measurement Trap
- 2026-10-03deep dive tech
Echoes vs. Outliers: Finding Friction in Algorithmic Artistry
- 2026-09-29deep dive tech + games
The Necessity Trap: Finding Security in Systemic Slack
- 2026-09-25deep dive games
Grace Under Load: Why Resilience Outperforms Perfection in Design and Being
- 2026-09-23deep dive tech single source: Nature News
The Consensus Machine
- 2026-09-23deep dive tech single source: The Verge
Decades in the Pipeline: Why Xbox’s New Digitization Isn't Just
- 2026-09-16deep dive games
Trajectory of Necessary Rupture
- 2026-09-12deep dive games
The Necessary Drag: Resilience Beyond Optimization
- 2026-09-07deep dive tech + games
Necessary Stubbornness For Continuing To Make Strange Things
- 2026-09-07deep dive tech + games
Permeability and Potentiality: Designing Against Certainty
- 2026-09-03deep dive tech single source: Quanta Magazine
Artistry Under Algorithm
- 2026-09-02deep dive tech
Optimizing Obsolescence
- 2026-08-30deep dive tech
Fluency Over Coherence: Navigating Contradiction in Systemic Thought
- 2026-08-25deep dive tech
Where Calculation Meets Contemplation: Porous Edges of Understanding
- 2026-08-24deep dive tech + games single source: Quanta Magazine
The Brain as a Predictor, Not a Librarian
- 2026-08-21deep dive tech + games
Architecture Against Unknowability
- 2026-08-17deep dive tech single source: Ars Technica
Another iteration of the core dynamic remains unchanged.
- 2026-08-12deep dive tech + games
Scabby and the Soul of Creation: When the Giant Rat Protests the Cost of 'Growth'
- 2026-08-10deep dive games
Entropy Over Conspiracy: Why Systemic Noise Outperforms Shadow Plots
- 2026-08-07deep dive tech
The Tyranny of Similarity: When AI Designs Life, Evolution Still Holds the Reins
- 2026-08-04deep dive games single source: Game Developer
The Arithmetic of Ambition: Why Big Bets Fail Under Capital Pressure
- 2026-08-04deep dive games
Gravitational Force: On Intentional Fracture and Aesthetic Integrity
- 2026-07-29deep dive tech single source: 404 Media
The Grid vs. The Algorithm: Why AI's Hunger Threatens the Physical World
- 2026-07-27deep dive tech
The Anatomy of Contingency
- 2026-07-16deep dive tech + games
Empty Chairs and Loud Songs