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Renaissance Fairs and the Post-Work Society
Why renaissance fairs may offer a real model for community formation after labor loses its central place in life
22 hrs ago
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Gene Botkin
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Make Something With Someone
Why shared creation may matter more than individual fame in the Age of AI
Apr 6
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Gene Botkin
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The Jury That Put the Feed on Trial
Why the age of addictive design may be nearing its bill-collection phase
Apr 3
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Gene Botkin
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March 2026
The AI Pastor Is a Dead End
Why a machine can mimic the sermon and still miss the shepherd
Mar 30
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Gene Botkin
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Why Artists Will Build the Next Real Communities
Economic communities are fading. Creative ones are quietly rising in their place.
Mar 23
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Gene Botkin
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Your Job Is Not Disappearing All at Once
The slower, stranger way AI changes work
Mar 19
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Gene Botkin
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Cybernetics and Internet Aesthetics
On Cybernetaestheticism
Mar 12
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Gene Botkin
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Why Digital Clones Are About to Change How We Trust People
Trust in the Age of Synthetic Humans
Mar 5
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Gene Botkin
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February 2026
Virtue and Veblen Goods
Luxury Marketing Tactics and the Restoration of Virtue
Feb 26
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Gene Botkin
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Old Timer Rock & Roll
The Sociology of Gamestop Clerks
Feb 19
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Gene Botkin
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Parvini Is Right to Hate the Chuds
Toward a more competent Right
Feb 12
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Gene Botkin
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The Creative Class and the Right Must Align
The Shared Need for Social Capital and the Coming Cultural Renaissance
Feb 5
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Gene Botkin
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