angela.epley
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Don’t just set boundaries, but cherish the alternatives. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
What technology takes from us – and how to take it back | Rebecca Solnit
The long read: Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collectiv...
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Don’t just set boundaries, but cherish the alternatives. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
“Context is everything.” www.techdirt.com/2026/02/10/h...
How To Think About AI: Is It The Tool, Or Are You?
We live in a stupidly polarizing world where nuance is apparently not allowed. Everyone wants you to be for or against something—and nowhere is this more exhausting than with AI. There are those wh…
www.techdirt.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
“Context is everything.” www.techdirt.com/2026/02/10/h...
“Context-switching is brutally expensive for the human brain.” siddhantkhare.com/writing/ai-f...
AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it | Siddhant Khare
You're using AI to be more productive. So why are you more exhausted than ever? The paradox every engineer needs to confront.
siddhantkhare.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:11 PM
“Context-switching is brutally expensive for the human brain.” siddhantkhare.com/writing/ai-f...
“Mass Media… turns us all into potential actors, critics experts… and takes art out of the realm of the sacred and into the realm of the spectacle.” www.openculture.com/2026/01/walt...
Walter Benjamin Explains How Fascism Uses Mass Media to Turn Politics Into Spectacle (1935)
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In his 1935 essay, 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproducibility,' influential German-Jewish critic Walter Benjamin introduced the term “aura' to describe an au...
www.openculture.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:58 PM
“Mass Media… turns us all into potential actors, critics experts… and takes art out of the realm of the sacred and into the realm of the spectacle.” www.openculture.com/2026/01/walt...
"The main function of slop is to take something from you: your time, your attention, your trust… Slop is boring, repetitive, and often inexpensive to make — the natural evolution of an internet built for scale and ruthless optimization.” www.theverge.com/news/869824/...
What is Nick Shirley?
Slop doesn’t need to be AI-generated
www.theverge.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:38 PM
"The main function of slop is to take something from you: your time, your attention, your trust… Slop is boring, repetitive, and often inexpensive to make — the natural evolution of an internet built for scale and ruthless optimization.” www.theverge.com/news/869824/...
"I always have this tension that I'm experiencing," she says. "Is this a choice that I'm making for myself, or am I being influenced...?"
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Confessions of the influenced
Behind every influencer is an army of the people mired in debt and mass-produced clutter.
www.theverge.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"I always have this tension that I'm experiencing," she says. "Is this a choice that I'm making for myself, or am I being influenced...?"
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Spelunking Plato's cave with an Inside/Outside balance: aeon.co/essays/philo...
Philosophy in prison is a rowdy, honest and hopeful provocation | Aeon Essays
With a class of college students and inmates, teaching philosophy in prison is a rowdy, honest and hopeful provocation
aeon.co
August 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Spelunking Plato's cave with an Inside/Outside balance: aeon.co/essays/philo...
It seems like I'm seeing Socrates and Plato namechecked on the daily, but adding an Infinite Jest reference is such a perfect cherry on top ttps://www.noemamag.com/how-we-became-captives-of-social-media/
August 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
It seems like I'm seeing Socrates and Plato namechecked on the daily, but adding an Infinite Jest reference is such a perfect cherry on top ttps://www.noemamag.com/how-we-became-captives-of-social-media/
Interesting research from Dr. Elaine Aron (of the Highly Sensitive Person framework) on obsessive ranking as a more psychopathic trait (versus linking, which Riane Eisler might attribute to Partnership social dynamics): hsperson.com/revisiting-v...
Revisiting Vulnerable Narcissism and HSPs – The Highly Sensitive Person
hsperson.com
August 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Interesting research from Dr. Elaine Aron (of the Highly Sensitive Person framework) on obsessive ranking as a more psychopathic trait (versus linking, which Riane Eisler might attribute to Partnership social dynamics): hsperson.com/revisiting-v...
Though I definitely prefer the moniker Geoism for animistic reasons this Georgeism 101 grounds our AI mania in context notion.moontowermeta.com/moontower-re...
Moontower Refactors Lars Doucet’s Review of Progress & Poverty
notion.moontowermeta.com
August 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Though I definitely prefer the moniker Geoism for animistic reasons this Georgeism 101 grounds our AI mania in context notion.moontowermeta.com/moontower-re...
"Disasters can sever us, for a time, from what McLuhan called humanity’s 'extended nervous system.' The process of slowly mending your connections to that network is an experience out of time." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/m...
I Never Understood Our Data-Saturated Life Until a Hurricane Shut It Down
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"Disasters can sever us, for a time, from what McLuhan called humanity’s 'extended nervous system.' The process of slowly mending your connections to that network is an experience out of time." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/m...
I forget we're a minority, but 15-30% still feels low: psyche.co/guides/how-t...
How to thrive as a highly sensitive person | Psyche Guides
In this noisy world, being highly sensitive is a challenge. But learn to manage overwhelm and you can reap the upsides too
psyche.co
August 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I forget we're a minority, but 15-30% still feels low: psyche.co/guides/how-t...
Sat with this one for awhile financialosophy.beehiiv.com/p/the-alchem...
The Alchemy of Embodied Uncertainty
Why our best thinking happens when we embrace the unknown with our whole selves
financialosophy.beehiiv.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Sat with this one for awhile financialosophy.beehiiv.com/p/the-alchem...
What if we measure not just brain activity but total body activity? All these studies focus on "mental effort" but there's a clear *embodiment* aspect at play, esp bc emotions and the subconscious are somatic (the body keeps the score), and the heart's exponentially stronger than the head EMFwise
Does using AI dumb you down?
A recent study shows that people using AI to write for them experience some negative cognitive effects. Why? Because there's something special about what writing does in your brain.
www.wbur.org
August 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
What if we measure not just brain activity but total body activity? All these studies focus on "mental effort" but there's a clear *embodiment* aspect at play, esp bc emotions and the subconscious are somatic (the body keeps the score), and the heart's exponentially stronger than the head EMFwise
After 5 years co-hosting the Damn Interesting Week podcast, I'm ready to flip the script and be the guest! If you know podcast hosts exploring consciousness, money, media, or systems change - or if you host a show yourself - I'd love to connect.
www.financialosophy.com/conversations
www.financialosophy.com/conversations
conversations | Financialosophy
Looking for a thought-provoking podcast guest? Invite Angela Epley for insight conversations and unique perspectives on: financial philosophy, perceiving hidden forces, breaking free from paradigms of...
www.financialosophy.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
After 5 years co-hosting the Damn Interesting Week podcast, I'm ready to flip the script and be the guest! If you know podcast hosts exploring consciousness, money, media, or systems change - or if you host a show yourself - I'd love to connect.
www.financialosophy.com/conversations
www.financialosophy.com/conversations
Onboarding as a volunteer FinAbility mentor and this slide made me pause and consider how much of this might not be happening in my bodily experience, but the body politic is definitely going through this rn
August 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Onboarding as a volunteer FinAbility mentor and this slide made me pause and consider how much of this might not be happening in my bodily experience, but the body politic is definitely going through this rn
I'm honored to share I've been accepted to volunteer as a Financial Mentor with FinAbility, a non-profit dedicated to unlocking financial security for survivors of domestic abuse.
It feels incredibly worthwhile to align my efforts with a cause near and dear to my heart: www.finabilityus.org
It feels incredibly worthwhile to align my efforts with a cause near and dear to my heart: www.finabilityus.org
FinAbility - Financial Security for Survivors of Domestic Abuse
Trauma-informed financial resources for survivors of domestic abuse. Regain control of your finances. Live independently and free from abuse.
www.finabilityus.org
August 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I'm honored to share I've been accepted to volunteer as a Financial Mentor with FinAbility, a non-profit dedicated to unlocking financial security for survivors of domestic abuse.
It feels incredibly worthwhile to align my efforts with a cause near and dear to my heart: www.finabilityus.org
It feels incredibly worthwhile to align my efforts with a cause near and dear to my heart: www.finabilityus.org
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Tech leaders think AI is smarter than it is because it sounds exactly like what they think is smart, while to everyone else, it sounds exactly like a tech leader trying to look smart.
July 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Tech leaders think AI is smarter than it is because it sounds exactly like what they think is smart, while to everyone else, it sounds exactly like a tech leader trying to look smart.
Getting geekier and gothier at the substack, this time with multiple dragon references, a money/abundance Thoth tarot deck spread, and my favorite Two Ton Boa track: financialosophy.substack.com/p/wealth-vs-...
Wealth vs Capital: The Distinction That Changes Everything
Part 1 of 3: The Prosperity Paradigm Shift
financialosophy.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Getting geekier and gothier at the substack, this time with multiple dragon references, a money/abundance Thoth tarot deck spread, and my favorite Two Ton Boa track: financialosophy.substack.com/p/wealth-vs-...
"So prolific was his artistic protest and promotion that he drew the envy of no less a contemporary than Andy Warhol. 'He was jealous of how Keith was like an advertising agency unto himself,' said the photographer Christopher Makos.'That was the cleverest thing any artist at the moment was doing.'”
Unwavering Radiant: Keith Haring
Graffiti as a folk art.
substack.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"So prolific was his artistic protest and promotion that he drew the envy of no less a contemporary than Andy Warhol. 'He was jealous of how Keith was like an advertising agency unto himself,' said the photographer Christopher Makos.'That was the cleverest thing any artist at the moment was doing.'”
"The actual pivot that is needed is one to humanity." www.404media.co/the-medias-p...
The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work
AI is not going to save media companies, and forcing journalists to use AI is not a business model.
www.404media.co
July 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"The actual pivot that is needed is one to humanity." www.404media.co/the-medias-p...
"What strategies might we employ to notice what’s happening to us? What’s become habitual? Beneath our notice?"
Maelstrom Escape Strategies II:
Behold, the Vortex
mcluhan.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"What strategies might we employ to notice what’s happening to us? What’s become habitual? Beneath our notice?"
"The level of blue spectrum light may be activating specific eye cells connected to brain regions in charge of decision-making, emotional regulation, and processing risk versus reward scenarios."
Casino Lights Could Be Warping Your Brain to Take Risks, Scientists Warn
Casino lighting could be nudging gamblers to be more reckless with their money, according to a new study, which found a link between blue-enriched light and riskier gambling behavior.
www.sciencealert.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"The level of blue spectrum light may be activating specific eye cells connected to brain regions in charge of decision-making, emotional regulation, and processing risk versus reward scenarios."
A healing brew for these historic times: subject-subjectivity cradled in a context of ceremony.
Vanessa Machado de Oliveira on Outgrowing Modernity, AI, and Magic | Team Human
Ep. 324 Playing for Team Human today, LatinX professor, and the author of Hospicing Modernity as well as the upcoming book Outgrowing Modernity, my favorite civilizational doula, Vanessa Machado de ...
www.teamhuman.fm
June 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A healing brew for these historic times: subject-subjectivity cradled in a context of ceremony.
"... to want anything is to deem your life incomplete without it. It is a perpetual motion machine that keeps you restlessly spinning around the still point of enough."
The Wanting Monster: An Almost Unbearably Tender Illustrated Spell Against the Curse of Not Enough
Wanting is the menacing margin of error between desire and need. It is the blade that vivisects your serenity, the hammer that shatters your wholeness — to want anything is to deem your life …
www.themarginalian.org
June 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"... to want anything is to deem your life incomplete without it. It is a perpetual motion machine that keeps you restlessly spinning around the still point of enough."