Two gigantic forces are converging for writers, creating a strange new opportunity: Artificial Intelligence, speeding up and expanding every day, can rearrange lifetimes of creative identity and practice, while also changing the reading habits of audiences. And, as this essay is being posted, chaos in the world-wide public sphere is changing the context and thus […]
Nine Lenses for Now
December 31, 2024 by
Twenty-five years ago, millions around the world huddled in the quiet dark on New Year’s Eve, afraid to leave anything plugged in: The Y2K bug threatened to disrupt the world’s computers when they tried to switch from 19-something (1999) to 20-something (2000). Maybe electrical circuits would explode, maybe electronics would garble or fry. The world’s […]

