Andrew Maynard
@andrewmaynard.net
Professor of Advanced Tech Transitions at ASU. Consummate undisciplinarian. Write about tech, society and the future at https://futureofbeinghuman.com/ and co-host the Modem Futura podcast: https://modemfutura.com
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The Last Shipment – From Sutton Hoo to Caracas – on great power exhaustion and the places no one is watching open.substack.com/pub/7thing/p...
The Last Shipment
From Sutton Hoo to Caracas – on great power exhaustion and the places no one is watching
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January 5, 2026 at 8:26 AM
The Last Shipment – From Sutton Hoo to Caracas – on great power exhaustion and the places no one is watching open.substack.com/pub/7thing/p...
My pleasure! And hope you have a great 2026!
January 1, 2026 at 5:45 PM
My pleasure! And hope you have a great 2026!
As I did last year, I thought I'd start the new year by highlighting five writers I enjoy reading, along with a recent post from each that grabbed my attention.
Happy 2026!
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Happy 2026!
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Five voices worth reading in 2026
As I did last year, I thought I'd highlight five writers I enjoy reading, along with a recent post from each that grabbed my attention.
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January 1, 2026 at 3:08 PM
As I did last year, I thought I'd start the new year by highlighting five writers I enjoy reading, along with a recent post from each that grabbed my attention.
Happy 2026!
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/five-voice...
@athenaaktipis.bsky.social @athenedonald.bsky.social @bnerlich.bsky.social
Happy 2026!
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@athenaaktipis.bsky.social @athenedonald.bsky.social @bnerlich.bsky.social
A much more serious challenge than the article suggests - some of the stories I hear from students about how they cannot afford to eat without help from others are devastating!
As grocery prices continue to rise, many college students are turning to their campus food pantry to help make ends meet. n.pr/4pkenxQ
2 in 5 college students face food insecurity – colleges are working to help
As grocery prices continue to rise, many college students are turning to their campus food pantry to help make ends meet.
n.pr
January 1, 2026 at 11:01 AM
A much more serious challenge than the article suggests - some of the stories I hear from students about how they cannot afford to eat without help from others are devastating!
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As grocery prices continue to rise, many college students are turning to their campus food pantry to help make ends meet. n.pr/4pkenxQ
2 in 5 college students face food insecurity – colleges are working to help
As grocery prices continue to rise, many college students are turning to their campus food pantry to help make ends meet.
n.pr
January 1, 2026 at 10:29 AM
As grocery prices continue to rise, many college students are turning to their campus food pantry to help make ends meet. n.pr/4pkenxQ
Our conversations while recording Modem Futura are *so* good it almost seem a travesty to share them, but here you go anyway - our 2025 roundup episode!
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This Is What Happens When You Stop Asking If AI Is Good or Bad
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December 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Our conversations while recording Modem Futura are *so* good it almost seem a travesty to share them, but here you go anyway - our 2025 roundup episode!
youtu.be/7erZDIroi2I?...
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Had a lot of fun recording this week's Modem Futura podcast - available the usual places, but well worth watching the video!
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Why This Apple Ad Has Everyone Talking About AI
YouTube video by Modem Futura
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December 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Had a lot of fun recording this week's Modem Futura podcast - available the usual places, but well worth watching the video!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1vT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1vT...
Are we living in a foveated reality?
Video games trick players by only rendering in high detail what's being observed. So do spatial computing headsets. Even our eyes and brain do it. Maybe the universe does as well ...
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Video games trick players by only rendering in high detail what's being observed. So do spatial computing headsets. Even our eyes and brain do it. Maybe the universe does as well ...
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/are-we-liv...
Are we living in a foveated reality?
Video games trick players by only rendering in high detail what's being observed. So do spatial computing headsets. Even our eyes and brain do it. Maybe the universe does as well ...
www.futureofbeinghuman.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Are we living in a foveated reality?
Video games trick players by only rendering in high detail what's being observed. So do spatial computing headsets. Even our eyes and brain do it. Maybe the universe does as well ...
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/are-we-liv...
Video games trick players by only rendering in high detail what's being observed. So do spatial computing headsets. Even our eyes and brain do it. Maybe the universe does as well ...
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/are-we-liv...
Revisiting custom GPTs — the good, the bad, and the ... interesting!
It's been a minute but I thought it time to take a fresh look at OpenAI's custom GPT feature. I found myself both frustrated and surprised!
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/revisiting...
It's been a minute but I thought it time to take a fresh look at OpenAI's custom GPT feature. I found myself both frustrated and surprised!
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/revisiting...
Revisiting custom GPTs — the good, the bad, and the ... interesting!
It's been a minute but I thought it time to take a fresh look at OpenAI's custom GPT feature. I found myself both frustrated and surprised!
www.futureofbeinghuman.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Revisiting custom GPTs — the good, the bad, and the ... interesting!
It's been a minute but I thought it time to take a fresh look at OpenAI's custom GPT feature. I found myself both frustrated and surprised!
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/revisiting...
It's been a minute but I thought it time to take a fresh look at OpenAI's custom GPT feature. I found myself both frustrated and surprised!
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/revisiting...
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And there it is.
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
And there it is.
Do universities have a future in Trump's plans to accelerate scientific discovery through the use of AI?
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Do universities have a future in Trump's plans to accelerate scientific discovery through the use of AI?
The recently announced Genesis Mission sets out to transform how science is done in the US. Yet it's a mission that places national labs—and not universities—in the driving seat.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Do universities have a future in Trump's plans to accelerate scientific discovery through the use of AI?
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/universiti...
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/universiti...
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Have posted repeatedly recently about primary teachers too - am In awe of what they do and think they do what must be one of the most important jobs in society. As a secondary teacher, I’m more than happy with a “thank you“ card at Christmas but primary teachers deserve ALL THE GIFTS
Recently been looking at teaching from an outside perspective with my insider knowledge and I don’t think many people realise how impressive it is that there are actual people who can hold the attention of 30 fifteen-year olds about something they haven’t chosen to study for an hour.
December 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Have posted repeatedly recently about primary teachers too - am In awe of what they do and think they do what must be one of the most important jobs in society. As a secondary teacher, I’m more than happy with a “thank you“ card at Christmas but primary teachers deserve ALL THE GIFTS
You can now read the complete Letters from the Department of Intellectual Craft on the Future of Being Human - easiest to start here with Part 1 (it is preceded by a preamble if you're interested): www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/part-1-let...
Part 1 of Letters from the Department of Intellectual Craft
Part 1 of a three-part serialization of the short story “Letters from the Department of Intellectual Craft”
www.futureofbeinghuman.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
You can now read the complete Letters from the Department of Intellectual Craft on the Future of Being Human - easiest to start here with Part 1 (it is preceded by a preamble if you're interested): www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/part-1-let...
Part 1 of a three-part serialization of the short story “Letters from the Department of Intellectual Craft” Parts 2 and 3 coming Tuesday and Wednesday:
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/part-1-let...
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/part-1-let...
Part 1 of Letters from the Department of Intellectual Craft
Part 1 of a three-part serialization of the short story “Letters from the Department of Intellectual Craft”
www.futureofbeinghuman.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Part 1 of a three-part serialization of the short story “Letters from the Department of Intellectual Craft” Parts 2 and 3 coming Tuesday and Wednesday:
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/part-1-let...
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/part-1-let...
What does it mean to be an academic in an age of AI when who you are depends so much on how you use your mind? Over the next few days I'll be serializing a short story that tackles this head-on.
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/letters-fr...
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/letters-fr...
Letters from the Department of Intellectual Craft
What does it mean to be an academic in an age of AI when who you are depends so much on how you use your mind? Over the next few days I'll be serializing a short story that tackles this head-on.
www.futureofbeinghuman.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What does it mean to be an academic in an age of AI when who you are depends so much on how you use your mind? Over the next few days I'll be serializing a short story that tackles this head-on.
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/letters-fr...
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/letters-fr...
With Cambridge Dictionary declaring "parasocial" as 2025 word of the year—heavily influenced by its increasing ad worrying use in the context of AI chatbots—how could I not write about it!
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#AI #artificialintelligence #parasocial
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#AI #artificialintelligence #parasocial
Parasocial Relationships: Problematic Practice or Public Promise?
This year's Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year is "parasocial"—spurred on by growing concerns over our love affair with AI chatbots
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November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
With Cambridge Dictionary declaring "parasocial" as 2025 word of the year—heavily influenced by its increasing ad worrying use in the context of AI chatbots—how could I not write about it!
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/parasocial...
#AI #artificialintelligence #parasocial
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/parasocial...
#AI #artificialintelligence #parasocial
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Cloudflare outage destroys all human communication except Bluesky, this is the weirdest sci-fi scenario I’ve ever seen
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Cloudflare outage destroys all human communication except Bluesky, this is the weirdest sci-fi scenario I’ve ever seen
Can AI help redesign the technosphere—and so save the planet?
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Can AI help redesign the technosphere—and so save the planet?
If AI is going to help save the planet, we’re going to have to point it away from the Earth and toward our techno-human selves.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Can AI help redesign the technosphere—and so save the planet?
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New Modem Futura episode has just landed: The Metaverse - A Stack of Reality Layers
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The Metaverse - A Stack of Reality Layers
Podcast Episode · Modem Futura · 11/11/2025 · 1h 8m
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November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
New Modem Futura episode has just landed: The Metaverse - A Stack of Reality Layers
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Should universities be doing more to address the mental health risks of using AI in the light of growing concerns?
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Should universities be doing more to address the mental health risks of using AI?
Emerging concerns suggests they should
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November 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Should universities be doing more to address the mental health risks of using AI in the light of growing concerns?
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/universiti...
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/universiti...
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I've been reading @andrewmaynard.net and Jeffrey Abbott's book on AI and the Art of Being Human. It prompted me to question myself about what makes me human occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...
Is That What Makes Me Human? | Athene Donald's Blog
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November 3, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I've been reading @andrewmaynard.net and Jeffrey Abbott's book on AI and the Art of Being Human. It prompted me to question myself about what makes me human occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...
Love this Athene - and all the ore powerful for being focused on your humanity and not AI!
November 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Love this Athene - and all the ore powerful for being focused on your humanity and not AI!
What do you do when your PhD advisor insists on using AI in ways that put you in a difficult position? AI misuse in student-advisor collaborations. Part 1
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AI misuse in student-advisor collaborations. Part 1
What do you do when your PhD advisor insists on using AI in ways that put you in a difficult position?
www.futureofbeinghuman.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
What do you do when your PhD advisor insists on using AI in ways that put you in a difficult position? AI misuse in student-advisor collaborations. Part 1
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/ai-misuse-...
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/ai-misuse-...
21 Tools for Thriving with AI:
However artificial intelligence is a part of your life, these 21 tools provide an essential framework for human-centric decisions
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However artificial intelligence is a part of your life, these 21 tools provide an essential framework for human-centric decisions
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21 Tools for Thriving with AI
However artificial intelligence is a part of your life, the 21 tools in "AI and the Art of Being Human" provide an essential framework for human-centric decisions
www.futureofbeinghuman.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
21 Tools for Thriving with AI:
However artificial intelligence is a part of your life, these 21 tools provide an essential framework for human-centric decisions
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/21-tools-f...
However artificial intelligence is a part of your life, these 21 tools provide an essential framework for human-centric decisions
www.futureofbeinghuman.com/p/21-tools-f...