When I was younger I would have thought it was optimistic to think we'd have the energy to keep the slave mall open after the oil crash. Now that seems very naive. The server/slave mall will be the last thing to close even as everything else goes dark.
"Busy" reminds me somewhat of that freaky New Yorker piece that appeared in October ("Inside the Data Centers That Train A.I. and Drain the Electrical Grid") that takes you deep inside the belly of the beast. It also reminds me that much of dystopian science fiction is no longer really fiction anymore since we're now living within an actual dystopia. But anyway... happy new year!
Hey I love the illustration you've used by Rebekah - can I check, is that an illustration that you use with Rebekah's permission? I'm just wondering how using illustration by illustrators works on substack. I don't use any AI for my article illustrations, I source mine from copyright free images that are pre 1929. So I'm curious about how you used this particular image. I'd love to use Rebekah's images as they are really powerful, but I'm not sure how I'd go about it. Thanks for your feedback on this specific query!! I love your articles.
When I was younger I would have thought it was optimistic to think we'd have the energy to keep the slave mall open after the oil crash. Now that seems very naive. The server/slave mall will be the last thing to close even as everything else goes dark.
"Busy" reminds me somewhat of that freaky New Yorker piece that appeared in October ("Inside the Data Centers That Train A.I. and Drain the Electrical Grid") that takes you deep inside the belly of the beast. It also reminds me that much of dystopian science fiction is no longer really fiction anymore since we're now living within an actual dystopia. But anyway... happy new year!
Hey I love the illustration you've used by Rebekah - can I check, is that an illustration that you use with Rebekah's permission? I'm just wondering how using illustration by illustrators works on substack. I don't use any AI for my article illustrations, I source mine from copyright free images that are pre 1929. So I'm curious about how you used this particular image. I'd love to use Rebekah's images as they are really powerful, but I'm not sure how I'd go about it. Thanks for your feedback on this specific query!! I love your articles.
Blue collar .. huh?
Gotta take the boys with you.