Post-Literate
Notes on reading and orality in the age of AI
- I could never explain to my mother what I did for a livingApril 12, 2026 · 666 wordsMy mother never really understood what I did for a living. I don't blame her. Most of the time, I couldn't explain it either.
- Trying to Read In a Distraction War ZoneMarch 25, 2026 · 442 wordsThe books pile up by my bedside. Tabs just keep multiplying. My phone beckons me like a needle to an addict. When we lament the fact that nobody reads anymore, we have to factor in this attention war zone we're living in.
- Notes from SelfMarch 18, 2026 · 454 wordsRummaging through old journals, remembering what I thought, and rediscovering an appreciation for writing
- Why Are You Talking to It Like It’s a Person?March 9, 2026 · 825 wordsAn anecdote about synthetic orality
- My Path to AIMarch 7, 2026 · 376 words
- The Ethical Lines Are Blurry Right NowMarch 7, 2026 · 88 words
- The Skeptic’s WindowMarch 7, 2026 · 3,097 wordsAI deserves rigorous ethical scrutiny. But a critique built on how bad it is looks very different from one that accounts for how good it's become.
- Vibe-coding vs Vibe-writingMarch 6, 2026 · 1,292 wordsI am happy to let AI write code for me. But I have a red line when it comes to writing that bears my name. That line is getting smudged.
- How I’m Using AIMarch 5, 2026 · 382 wordsA working list of what I use, how I use it.
- Deep Reading vs. DopamineMarch 4, 2026 · 117 words
- Why hearing an author talk about their book isn’t the same as reading itMarch 2, 2026 · 935 wordsWhy isn't hearing someone talk about their ideas the same as reading them written down?