week 32 / 2024 Malmöfestivalen and the rain have arrived in town at the same time; who will win? We ask this and much much more in this week's Worldbuilding Agency weeknotes... now in an exciting new format!
it isn't the phones (but it isn't not the phones) Let's clamber into the express elevator with Karl Schroeder, and have a little think about EVs and the Doomscroll. Mind the doors!
null but not void Hello, worldbuilders! What's been happening at Worldbuilding Agency this week? No essay or interview Um, yeah—bit of an absence at the middle of the week, wasn't there? Sorry about that. There's an interview in the pipe, but it's awaiting approval from
bite the dog days that bit you Low humour in high summer... or is it the other way around? Anyway, here's what happened at Worldbuilding Agency this week.
week 30 / 2024 This week: in defense of theory, by way of Daoism... and against the imperatives of branding one's work and oneself.
a requiem for "The Future" What is the object of the verb "to future"? What is its subject? And what are the implications of the answers to those two questions?