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I absolutely could not have done it without your insights....

I did my best to write an academic book that people will need some popcorn to read. For now, here’s my Table of Contents! [7/7]

As I said, it was a blast. It won’t be out until early 2026, but I am happy to be talking about it. I could not have done it without a lot of amazing people giving me feedback, interviews, and helping me find resources. I won’t tag those of you who did, but I hope you feel my gratitude. [6/7]

Topics include: reality shifting, Randonautica, Mandela effects, XaTuring: God of the Internet, government woo, elevator game, cult of kek, Loab, Meta Phase Typewriter, becoming a werewolf (FAST!), The KLF, The Invisibles, TESCREAL, Skeletor, Max Headroom, dybbuk box, tulpamancy, & WitchTok. [5/7]

Ch 1 establishes how technopaganism influenced Bay Area culture and its output. For the rest of the book, I trace threads to now, where we can still see the residue of magical thinking in surprising places, telling us things about how the internet has shifted our perceptions of reality. [4/7]

Here’s the pitch: When we talk about digital technologies, we often frame it in atheistic ways. In TUI, I explore how technopagan influences of the 90s conjure an ineffable and often esoteric way of understanding some of the desires and motives in the early days of cyberculture. [3/7]

My new book is called The Unseen Internet: Conjuring the Occult in Digital Discourse (MIT Press, 2026). [2/7]

Oh wow I just bought this and it was EXACTLY what I needed. Thank you!

Thanks - any info to pass along is helpful!

Yup! That was on my agenda to discuss with them. Thanks for the reminder. 😊