Archive - Future Watch: an anthropological pov

using chatGPT to make your own games

"Bernie Sanders and the Samurai" Episode 1.

May 7, 2024 •

Grant McCracken

June 2023

The future comes for Vogue...and us.

A power struggle is playing out at Vogue.

Jun 9, 2023 •

Grant McCracken

January 2023

The post that became an essay

Welcome to The Gravity Well Effect.

Jan 17, 2023 •

Grant McCracken

June 2022

012 Culture Problem: the Himmelfarb "decency reservoir"

It’s astonishing to see the sheer volume of bad behavior these days.

Jun 8, 2022 •

Grant McCracken

May 2022

012 Culture Problem: culture collapse

the weeping can go on for hours

May 3, 2022 •

Grant McCracken

April 2022

011 Culture Solution: Rebuilding common sense

what we need are high cliffs

Apr 20, 2022 •

Grant McCracken

March 2022

010 Culture Problem: the death of common sense?

are we witnesses the rise of a self-erasing culture?

Mar 31, 2022 •

Grant McCracken

009 Culture Solution: The Denzel Washington School for Drama

Last time (008) we talked about celebrity culture as a problem.

Mar 24, 2022 •

Grant McCracken

008 Culture Problem: celebrities

how can anyone this beautiful be a problem?

Mar 17, 2022 •

Grant McCracken

007 Culture Solution: good food

Mar 11, 2022 •

Grant McCracken

006 Culture Problem: bad food

celebrating the good life with bad food

Mar 8, 2022 •

Grant McCracken

005 Culture Solution: Big Pictures

we are better at bigger pictures and that's good news

Mar 3, 2022 •

Grant McCracken

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