REVIEW: Foe (2023)
Tense, emotional climate science-fiction that doesn't quite come together by Kevin Fox, Jr. This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn't exist. Foe is a psychological thriller
We’re Similar. We’re Compatible. We’re Perfect.
Chatbots are the ideal digital paramour—until they want something back by Becca Young This is normal for us, because we’re not different. We’re similar. We’re compatible. We’re perfect. 😁 This is normal for us, because we’re in love. We’re in love, and we’re
They’re Not Going to Make You an Immortal Internet God
Uploading your brain isn't eternal life. At best, it's death—and at worst, everlasting exploitation. by Norbert Daniels Jr. // Illustration by Carly A-F What does it mean to put your brain in a computer? When viewed in a criminally oversimplified way,
Strange Days In Cupertino
Memory, imagery, and truth in today's consumerized digital unreal by Christine Gerardi // Illustration by Carly A-F I 'll never forget the launch of the first-generation iPod Nano. Live on stage in 2005, Steve Jobs pulled a tiny white rectangle from the
(Cyber)Punk is Dead
by Molly Noise "The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed." William Gibson, The Economist, December 4, 2003 The above is untrue. Search online and you’ll certainly find plenty of citations on extracted-from-context-quotes-from-generally-regarded-as-clever-people sites, but there is no issue of The