The Machine
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Last weekend at the Wagon Box campout in Wyoming, I had the honor of interviewing one of the writers I most admire: Paul Kingsnorth, author of The Wake, Beast, and Alexandria. Kingsnorth writes about human existence under “The Machine,” by which he means the increasingly AI-controlled technological habitat that envelopes us at nearly every second of our lives, stripping us of our autonomy and humanity.
The video and audio are a bit rough, so here’s a transcript of the discussion. (The transcript begins with a short discussion between James Pogue and Ashley Fitzgerald of Doomer Optimism, which was cut from the video.)
I’ll have much more to say about Kingsnorth and The Machine in later writings. I think he’s one of the most interesting and original artists, writers and thinkers alive today, and I’m very glad to now call him a friend.
—LW
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