by voxaine in AI
Convenience has always been one of technology's most powerful promises.A machine that washes clothes saves tim...
by voxaine in Art
There is a strange contradiction at the center of modern creativity.We have more tools for creating things tha...
For most of modern history, work and place were tightly connected. People generally lived close to where they worked,...
Human civilization has never been shaped by ideas alone. Behind almost every major transformation in history was a te...
For most of the history of cinema, making a film was an exercise in overcoming limitations. Cameras were expensive, f...
Outrage has always been part of public life. People have argued over politics, religion, culture, celebrities, sports...
There was a time when buying something meant that you could reasonably expect to keep it.You bought a book, to...
by voxaine in AI
Artificial intelligence is usually described as something humans are training. We feed models enormous amount...
Podcasting was once considered a niche corner of the internet.A person with a microphone, a laptop, and someth...
Sports have always been about competition.But modern sports are also about something much larger.They a...
Control over information has always been a form of power.Long before the internet, governments, religious inst...
The relationship between gamers and game publishers has changed dramatically.There was a time when buying a ga...
The internet was supposed to bring people closer together.Instead, it has also become remarkably good at makin...
Privacy used to be something people could largely take for granted.You could walk outside without carrying a d...
by voxaine in AI
For most of human history, relationships required another human being.Friendship happened through conversation...
by voxaine in Art
For centuries, creativity was considered one of the defining qualities of being human.We painted, composed mus...
For much of human history, nature was not something people had to deliberately restore.Forests covered enormou...
Few civilizations have influenced the modern political world as deeply as Rome.Its republic inspired generatio...
Hollywood, gaming, television, and even publishing have increasingly come to depend on familiar names.Sequels....
There was a time when finishing a page meant reaching the bottom.You read an article, reached the final paragr...
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