After the Internet - by Karl Schroeder - Unapocalyptic
There is no "online world." That was always a metaphor, and as it turns out, a bad one. But what can take its place?| kschroeder.substack.com
There is no "online world." That was always a metaphor, and as it turns out, a bad one. But what can take its place?| kschroeder.substack.com
What Star Wars teaches us about technology, storytelling, and worldbuilding.| Unapocalyptic
The AI business model is based on user engagement, like social media. Not doomscrolling, but something just as bad: automated rumination. We need a different model.| kschroeder.substack.com
Who are the adults in the room, in modern politics? And what if those adults want neither a return to American hegemony, nor a multipolar world order?| Unapocalyptic
Standardized language is great for trade and hegemony, but privileges "the view from nowhere." Can we have it both ways?| kschroeder.substack.com
Can we ground our divisive political discussions in a reality that neither Left nor Right can argue away?| Unapocalyptic
What's after Postmodernism? Is it Metamodernism? Or, instead of seeking new ways to ground authenticity and authority, can we build a society that doesn't need them?| kschroeder.substack.com
A way (maybe) of rating potential accidents| kschroeder.substack.com
The dangers of writing very-near-future science fiction; or, What I Did on My Summer Vacation| kschroeder.substack.com
My paid subscribers have helped me afford to indie-publish a new book. To get that off the ground, I'm focusing my summer on that and pausing Unapocalyptic| Unapocalyptic
Thanks to you, I am able to publish Laika's Ghost, the complete story cycle about my anti-James Bond, Ukrainian arms inspector Gennady Malianov.| kschroeder.substack.com
Ecotopia's great and all, but what about the future of the grungy part of town? An exploration using the basic "atom" of scenario-based foresight planning: the 2x2 matrix.| kschroeder.substack.com
Canada is reconfiguring itself as a strategic global power. How does that work?| kschroeder.substack.com
If I'm writing a novel set in 2045, then what does the post-Trump world look like? There's no single answer--but that's a feature of worldbuilding, not a bug| Unapocalyptic
For a century, the term 'woke' has meant 'aware of how values and prejudices are built into public and private institutions.' DOGE is all about consciously changing those| kschroeder.substack.com
I said that eVTOLs have the potential to open up the North. But their current business model is urban transport. That's a mistake.| Unapocalyptic
Trump is promising to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. But with the rapid rise of robotics, those factories will be automated. So who benefits?| Unapocalyptic
The number of launches needed to colonize the Red Planet is enough to orbit a sunshade that can save Earth from climate change. Why is this even a choice?| kschroeder.substack.com
My new novel, Nightless, is set in the near future. It has to be a credible near future. Recent events have set me back to Square One, but you can help me get started again| kschroeder.substack.com
...Or not. If the Technological Singularity is a ridiculous idea (it is) then what are we getting instead? Welcome to the Technological Maximum| kschroeder.substack.com
What nobody tells you about narrative in foresight projects: how to write it| Unapocalyptic
Current Large Language Models are being trained to aid programmers. I propose we train one to aid collective decision-making| kschroeder.substack.com
"With great power comes great responsibility." We can't act responsibly if we refuse to acknowledge how powerful we are.| kschroeder.substack.com
An adaptationist economy needs a catastrophe to adapt to. If one isn't available, will we make one?| kschroeder.substack.com
