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Thomas Hutt
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Author of The Egg, a Substack newsletter investigating the most important issues at the intersection of technology, society, and the environment. egghutt.substack.com
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Paul Kingsnorth’s new book turns our idea of “progress” on its head. Highly recommended.
#PaulKingsnorth #BookReview #TechCritique

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Blessed Are the Barbarians
Paul Kingsnorth’s new book calls us to abandon the neon god we made
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October 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Social media is the new smoking; smartphones the new cigarettes. My latest piece looks at the sudden popularity of banning phones in schools.
#phonefreeschools
Smartphone Bans in Schools Are Suddenly Everywhere
Are they making a difference?
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October 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Good news for solar; bad news for carbon capture in the search for climate solutions that actually work…
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Climate Tech to the Rescue?
The quest for technological fixes that don’t create more problems than they solve.
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September 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Why are so many people buying flip phones, vinyl records, film cameras, typewriters, and other retro-tech?
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The Joy of Friction
How the rejection of new technology is leading people to a happier existence
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September 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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How much do you really want your chatbot to like you and understand your feelings? My latest piece investigates ChatGPT’s dangerous sycophancy problem.
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#chatgpt #openai #artificialintelligence #samaltman
All You Need is AI Love?
ChatGPT’s sycophancy problem continues to plague its maker
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August 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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How to make the biggest climate impact with your choice of EV.
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#EVs #electricvehicles #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
The Greenest Cars on Earth
How to make the biggest climate impact with your choice of vehicle.
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August 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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My latest article is about a very interesting trend among some Gen Zers…
#dumbphone
Gen Z’s Quiet Rebellion
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Gen Z’s Quiet Rebellion
Young people are increasingly fed up with their digital wasteland
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July 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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The tech industry says AI can help solve the climate crisis. My latest piece separates truth from BS (and there’s a lot of BS).

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#climatechange #climatecrisis #AGI
Burning the Earth to Save It
AI is supposed to help us solve the climate crisis. Is it making it worse?
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June 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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My latest post in The Egg reviews Karen Hao's Empire of AI.
AI doesn't have to be wrapped up in fantasies of sentient robots or demand obscene levels of resource consumption. A better AI is possible.

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#EmpireOfAI #KarenHao #AGI #DigitalColonialism
The Rise of an AI Empire
The generative AI industry is taking over the world—but the world is fighting back.
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June 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM