the disgruntled democrat
Exposing the cultural myths underlying our political economy
Monday, October 5, 2026
How Are You Going To Survive the Pyrocene?
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Preparing for the Pyrocene begins with becoming someone others will want beside them when the lights go out. The AI monster is strangely...
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
AI Monster vs. the Spirit of Moloch
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We are very good at seeing things. We are much less comfortable seeing the relationships that make them possible. Last August was tied wit...
Monday, September 7, 2026
Burning Down the House
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In order to change our collective future, we have to change the names we use to describe the present. The Pyrocene Has Arrived When I reread...
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
It's The End of the World As We Know It
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Welcome to the Pyrocene Five years ago, I wrote an essay about a succession of catastrophes that had struck British Columbia. First cam...
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Child in the System
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Thursday, June 18, 2026
Storytelling with Enhanced Intelligence
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Recently, I finished the first iteration of The Ascension of Mont Royal , a dystopian science fiction novel, audiobook, and story-cast: a s...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Episode 35: Epilogue
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