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How We Domesticate (Not Adopt) Technologies
The real story isn’t what technology does to us. It’s what we do to technology.
 • Giles Crouch, Ph.D. c
Understanding The e/acc Movement
The e/acc movement has billionaire backing and cosmic ambitions. History tells us that won’t be enough.
 • Giles Crouch, Ph.D. c
The Myth of Humanoid Robots
And why your grandmother’s soup recipe can’t be automated and my apologies to messy teenager rooms.
 • Giles Crouch, Ph.D. c
Memes: An Ancient History
Think memes are new? Nope! They go back thousands of years and remain a powerful social tool. Why?
 • Giles Crouch, Ph.D. c
The West Broke Time. Other Cultures Didn’t.
That hollow feeling after scrolling? It has a 500-year history. How will we change time in the future?
 • Giles Crouch, Ph.D. c
The Age of Abundance Myth Meets Reality
Sorry, but our technological utopia is on backorder. We don't have enough plumbers and electricians.
 • Giles Crouch, Ph.D. c
The Boring AI Future No One Wants To Talk About
The prophets promise utopia. The skeptics warn of doom. History suggests we’ll get neither.
 • Giles Crouch, Ph.D. c
The Digital Anthropologist
The Digital Anthropologist
What it means to be human in the digital age. Why and how technology shapes us and how we then shape technology. This helps us prepare for the future.
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