Exploring new forms for creative people

I'm a writer and entrepreneur focused on supporting artists and creative people. Cofounder of Metalabel, Kickstarter, The Creative Independent, and The Dark Forest Collective. Author of This Could Be Our Future and The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet.

Current projects

Metalabel
The operating system for creative work that helps people cooperate rather than compete.

The Dark Forest Collective
A collective of writers releasing work that explores how we live online. Published two books: The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet by eleven authors and Antimemetics by Nadia Asparouhova.

New Creative Era podcast
Co-hosting a weekly podcast with Josh Citarella exploring how we release work and develop our creative practices.

The past and future of art and creativity
Researching the history of art and creativity and developing new structures to empower artists and creators now and the future.

Some things are worth the wait: Diary of a TED talk

It's 6:30pm on a Monday and I'm standing off-stage waiting for someone to call my

13 Apr

Entrepreneurship

What we lose when we start with the ending

It’s hard to grasp how uncertain the present feels until you’re in it. Looking back, we compress complex

06 Apr

Creativity

Time and the creator

Time moves at different speeds depending on your creative practice. As a filmmaker your projects move across many years, each

29 Mar

Writing

The ever-expanding focused life

Hello friends new and old — It’s been a minute since we last talked, so I felt like saying hi.

16 Mar

Creativity

No permission needed

The faster something grows, the faster it can also die. That’s a lesson from a book I constantly return

26 Feb

Economics

The economics of self-publishing a book

Last year, a dozen writers (including me) published a book together about how we live online. No publishers, no complex

12 Feb

Creativity

Twenty things I want creatively in 2025

1. Creative people to feel less alone in their work (including me) 2. To see a show that sends me

10 Jan