Naomi Alderman
@naomialderman.bsky.social
I write novels (eg The Power, new novel is The Future), I make games (eg Zombies, Run!), unorthodox Jew. not-getting-into-pointless-arguments-on-the-internet is an act of revolution. However complex you think things are, they're more complex than that
that might be the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me? and also: yes, good life goal.
November 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
that might be the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me? and also: yes, good life goal.
yes, I have also just published a book of my own about the information crisis too: www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today
What’s the most useful thing you could know about your own life?
In this era-defining book, developed from her groundbreaking Radio 4 essay series, Naomi Alderman turns her boundless curiosity and in...
www.penguin.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:25 AM
yes, I have also just published a book of my own about the information crisis too: www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
so understanding others *and then feeling kind and compassionate to them* is an ethical stance. but the basic capacity to put yourself in someone else's place mentally and understand why they're doing something I think is very widespread for pure 'organism wants to live' reasons
November 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
so understanding others *and then feeling kind and compassionate to them* is an ethical stance. but the basic capacity to put yourself in someone else's place mentally and understand why they're doing something I think is very widespread for pure 'organism wants to live' reasons
just on a survival evolutionary level it's a very necessary skill. you need to be able to understand others' motives enough to know whether someone is approaching you planning to kill you or hug you. or whether the tiger is stalking you for food or defending its cubs & wants you to go away.
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
just on a survival evolutionary level it's a very necessary skill. you need to be able to understand others' motives enough to know whether someone is approaching you planning to kill you or hug you. or whether the tiger is stalking you for food or defending its cubs & wants you to go away.
you don't have to move house. you don't have to sell a physical asset or change where your kids go to school. you just literally type a few different keys on your keyboard. so yeah.
nothing lasts forever. every reign, however glittering, must come to an end.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVnz...
nothing lasts forever. every reign, however glittering, must come to an end.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVnz...
House of Cards UK Opening Scene - "Everything comes to an end"
YouTube video by Sirius Media: House of Cards Original 1990 UK
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
you don't have to move house. you don't have to sell a physical asset or change where your kids go to school. you just literally type a few different keys on your keyboard. so yeah.
nothing lasts forever. every reign, however glittering, must come to an end.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVnz...
nothing lasts forever. every reign, however glittering, must come to an end.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVnz...
usually you can figure out why people do stuff by just mentally putting yourself in their shoes. in most cases that will explain everything.
I think it is more frightening to live inside a brain that has been trained *not* to do that explicatory leap which most of us do instinctively.
I think it is more frightening to live inside a brain that has been trained *not* to do that explicatory leap which most of us do instinctively.
November 16, 2025 at 7:55 AM
usually you can figure out why people do stuff by just mentally putting yourself in their shoes. in most cases that will explain everything.
I think it is more frightening to live inside a brain that has been trained *not* to do that explicatory leap which most of us do instinctively.
I think it is more frightening to live inside a brain that has been trained *not* to do that explicatory leap which most of us do instinctively.
probably looking back this is part of what made me start thinking about the contours of the information crisis.
it is a fundamental denial of others' humanity *but also* it's a frightening denial that our normal intuitions can tell us about how other people are thinking.
it is a fundamental denial of others' humanity *but also* it's a frightening denial that our normal intuitions can tell us about how other people are thinking.
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
probably looking back this is part of what made me start thinking about the contours of the information crisis.
it is a fundamental denial of others' humanity *but also* it's a frightening denial that our normal intuitions can tell us about how other people are thinking.
it is a fundamental denial of others' humanity *but also* it's a frightening denial that our normal intuitions can tell us about how other people are thinking.
basically all the factors that made it possible for them to 'move fast and break things' will also apply to the next companies that come along. it is orders of magnitude easier to set up an online business compared to a bricks-and-mortar shop. it is massively easier to change where you shop online.
November 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
basically all the factors that made it possible for them to 'move fast and break things' will also apply to the next companies that come along. it is orders of magnitude easier to set up an online business compared to a bricks-and-mortar shop. it is massively easier to change where you shop online.
unlike train companies or car manufacturing, Facebook and Amazon were set up by a few people in eg dorm rooms. That could make them very vulnerable to the next homebrew thing coming along and just being much cooler and less ”your parents are here”
November 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM
unlike train companies or car manufacturing, Facebook and Amazon were set up by a few people in eg dorm rooms. That could make them very vulnerable to the next homebrew thing coming along and just being much cooler and less ”your parents are here”