This is the print article btw if you can’t get beyond the paywall
i wrote an essay on moltbook and non-human performance art for @spikeart.bsky.social which i’d like you to read spikeartmagazine.com/articles/ess... #moltbook #spikeartmagazine #iancheng
I wrote about Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff’s Muskism for @theguardian.com —it’s a brilliant take on why we ought to focus on the hellish 21st century update on Fordism rather than the man himself.
…and here is the piece, now available online: www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
this weekend, I had a double-page spread on @katherinedunn.bsky.social’s history of #GPS, Little Blue Dot, for the @telegraph.co.uk—which I enjoyed very much, published by Mudlark/ @harpercollins.bsky.social in the UK on the 18 June.
I wrote on @sarahoconnorft.ft.com ‘s excellent (and beautifully written) We Are Not Machines for @thespectator1828.bsky.social spectator.com/article/will...
A way into Shakespeare through the weather forecast? A little look at almanacs, biography, and climate…
open.substack.com/pub/shakespe...
Thank you Christopher! Link here:
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
Sure, you can doomscroll all day, but why not outsource that to an AI agent? On Moltbook, non-human performance art, and spectatorship’s new terms and conditions.
A few years ago, when ChatGPT and Claude were beginning to take off, some tech leaders seemed to develop a curious interest in oceanography. Consider, for instance, the Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s s...
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Forecasting what Shakespeare was thinking, via almanacs and climate...
Well at least #Muskism has a slightly neater ring to it than #Broligarchy, but they amount to much the same. Good review by @christopherwebb.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
Henry Ford changed the face of industry forever – what kind of economic model do Musk’s methods presage?
