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A Shrinking Bottomless
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Jan 25
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Chapter Preview: Jailbreak!
Eustace Beauregard thinks he has a solution to all of the 22nd century's ills. He just needs people willing to imprison themselves to prove it.
Jan 10
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The Toll For Whom Dwells
I wipe the windows down because the fog rolls on this cooling air.
Jan 8
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The Good Ol' Days We Don't Remember
Why do we have more information than twenty years ago, but less of a capacity to use it?
Jan 5
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Why Satisfaction Is No Longer the Point
The attention economy doesn't like Hollywood endings because it can't afford to let us finish
Jan 2
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My Top Songs of 2025: An Exercise in Micro-Streaming
Only one of my artists cracks 1M monthly listeners on Spotify--and maybe that's how I like it.
Dec 31, 2025
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Are Your Ethics Post-Societal?
In 2026, I challenge you to master your own memory, desire, and power to reshape how you view (and are viewed by) society
Dec 29, 2025
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The Problem with Societism
I might have invented the word, but you can recognize the issue at hand
Dec 5, 2025
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Interview with a Cultural Vampire
How two years of writing and wandering have Preston Pyle questioning society more as a concept than for its qualities
Dec 3, 2025
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Our Lemonade Culture
A personal account of corporate exit, cultural drift, and the search for meaning
Dec 1, 2025
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Rancholand, pt. 3
Take a trip on the Los Angeles River in late spring with Fletcher and his ragtag crew.
Nov 29, 2025
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Rancholand, pt. 2
Fletcher's got to buy time for an escape across the river. He'll find no quarter in Los Angeles, where he broke the peace.
Nov 26, 2025
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