On Cooling America Out

We've been the marks of our own long cons, all the way up

Apr 5 • Venkatesh Rao

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March 2026

The World Machines Project

Yes, we're doing this nonfiction extended universe dammit

Mar 28 • Venkatesh Rao

24

4

Rediscovering Irony

Counterprogramming cancerous sincerity and the cult of authenticity with AI assistance

Mar 22 • Venkatesh Rao

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13

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Contraption Mansion

An old bit becomes a new it

Mar 16 • Venkatesh Rao

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9

February 2026

Archival Selves

What happens when you pay off all your intention debts?

Feb 28 • Venkatesh Rao

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5

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The Divergence Machine II

Progress as a non-stationary argument

Feb 22 • Venkatesh Rao

35

1

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Protocolized Writing Workshop

Your chance to race to the frontier of modern AI-forward writing and publishing

Feb 17 • Venkatesh Rao

27

5

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vgr: The Twitter Years (2007-22)

I made my twitter into a very nice online book

Feb 15 • Venkatesh Rao

31

5

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New Ferality

Seeking new ways of being wild in new nature

Feb 10 • Venkatesh Rao

119

3

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Engineering Liveness

New Nature in the Gramsci Gap

Feb 1 • Venkatesh Rao

30

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January 2026

Robot Auras

Robotics-native affect beyond googly eyes and human emotions

Jan 25 • Venkatesh Rao

24

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New Nature

Contours of can’t-be-evil futures

Jan 16 • Venkatesh Rao

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