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ER 33: 2025 not-predictions
Or, what I’ll be keeping an eye on for you next year.
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Emmie Hine
[REDUX] ER 26: On curling and AI governance
Or, gentleman’s agreements didn’t work for “the roaring game,” so why should we expect them to work for AI?
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Emmie Hine
ER 32: On women’s communes and the 4B movement
Or, why there is no escape, even online.
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Emmie Hine
[REDUX] ER 1: On the Echo Palace and FreshDirect
Looking back at the first-ever ER as the US faces down another election.
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Emmie Hine
ER 31: What is it about Orion?
Or, on the intellectual fascinations of Silicon Valley.
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Emmie Hine
ER 30: On Beatlemania and OpenAI
Or, why AI companies are better thought of as bands.
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Emmie Hine
[REDUX] ER 18: On the EU AI Act Grand Challenge
Or, twelve teams, ten days, and $100k.
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Emmie Hine
ER 29: On the romanticization of disconnecting
Or, why I long to return to my childhood tradwife farm camp.
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Emmie Hine
ER 28: Is 2024 the meme election?
Or, radios and TVs and Internet, oh my!
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Emmie Hine
ER 27: On the Apple Vision Pro demo
Or, what’s going on with VR right now?
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Emmie Hine
ER 26: On curling and AI governance
Or, gentleman’s agreements didn’t work for “the roaring game,” so why should we expect them to work for AI?
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Emmie Hine
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ER 25: On Sugar, Social Media, and Dopamine
Or, why social media regulation is philosophically—if not factually—in the right place.
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Emmie Hine
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