Creativity
Selling out without selling out
Growing up a disgruntled ‘90s teenager whose heroes were Kurt Cobain, Ian MacKaye of Fugazi, and recording engineer Steve Albini,
Ideas
Theories and concepts, playing around
Creativity
Formulary for New Media
We are bored on the internet. We’re wearied from raindancing for the algorithms that manipulate our attention. We’re
Creativity
The artist and the inner retreat
After recent reflections on the challenges we feel about needing to promote our work (here and here), we’ve come
Creativity
Promotional principles for creative people
I love to write but hate to publish. I naturally write all the time. Sharing is a separate, much more
Dark Forest
What if you gave yourself the gift of inner acceptance?
There’s a specific modern anxiety that comes with putting creative work online. You put your heart and soul into
Dark Forest
Responses to "The Post Individual"
Since publishing "The Post-Individual" a few weeks ago, I've received more than 80 responses from readers
Dark Forest
The Post-Individual
A "Director's Cut" version of this piece that includes audio, video, slides, and research notes is
Entrepreneurship
How to build a newthing
How does one build a newthing?
Do you start with the parts? Do you start with the ends? Where does
Dark Forest
The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet
Five years ago back when this list was less than 500 people, I sent a post about how I felt
Creativity
The old shit doesn't work anymore
Last week I was on the phone with the head of a record label I respect. At the start of
Creativity
Worldbuilding is creative resilience
“Artists excel at creating worlds. They do this first for themselves and then, when they share their work, for others…
Creativity
The internet culture era
“How culture is made” tells four stories spanning centuries that show how creative collectives have shaped the world — from the
Ideas
How culture is made
Four stories that span centuries, geographies, and worldviews that reveal how to shape culture and the world around us.
Story
Ideas
Metablogging
One of the key internal rituals we adopted early on at Metalabel is something we call metablogging: internally public blogs
Creativity
Rethinking labels
Sup y’all — Since we last spoke almost a year ago, I’ve been working on a new project called
Ideas
Dreams, premonitions, and the long self with author Eric Wargo
INTERVIEWEE: Eric Wargo
BACKGROUND: Author, Time Loops and Precognitive Dreamwork and the Long Self
TOPIC: Dreams, premonitions, and the long
Interviews
What gets measured and what doesn't get measured
TOPIC: What gets measured and what doesn’t get measured
BACKGROUND: An expert roundtable explores measurement
LISTEN: On the web,
Bentoism
When the Bento met the Doughnut
Over the last 18 months, the Bento Society has hosted a series of experiments exploring values and self-interest. In April