Archive - Pilgrims in the Machine

From Dystopia to Foraging Stones: Summer Reading

I’m heading off to the Camino pilgrimage in Spain, and look forward to sharing this experience in future posts.

Jun 13 •

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Welcome to the Analog Renaissance: The Future Is Trust

Protecting generative cognition, haystacking truth, classroom conundrum, and the analog-digital hybrid model

Published on School of the Unconformed • Jun 3

May 2025

Architecture for a Free Mind: A Visual Guide

How to make screens irrelevant again

Published on School of the Unconformed • May 16

"Internet Real Life": Join a kitchen table conversation with Peter Limberg, Tommy Dixon, and Peco & Ruth

Peco and I are completing a most splendid post on “Architecture for a Free Mind”.

Published on School of the Unconformed • May 10

The day the internet dies

Michael O’Brien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Visions of the Future

May 3 •

April 2025

Doomer Optimists and Unconformed Pilgrims

Peco and I are currently working on an upcoming post on Architecture for a Free Mind. See this note, if you would like to contribute to our project.

Published on School of the Unconformed • Apr 30

Beyond Digital Fasting: Staying the Course

Our experience, your experience, and a call for photos

Published on School of the Unconformed • Apr 25

Reading in the Digital Age

A conversation with Joel J Miller

Apr 24 •

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Learning, Fast and Slow: Why AI will not revolutionize education

An unexpected algorithm

Published on School of the Unconformed • Apr 15

Unmachined Words: A (mostly) non-fiction reading list to keep you human

For those of you who prefer to read off paper rather than the screen, we have converted the post into an easily printable pdf file:

Published on School of the Unconformed • Apr 4

March 2025

The Quantum Apocalypse: Are you ready for Q-Day?

In 1987, a little-known stage actor from the UK signed a contract to appear in a new sci-fi series called Star Trek, The Next Generation. The actor…

Mar 28 •

The Reading Rebellion: One Book. Two Weeks. Repeat.

The "nous" of reading, restoring brain circuits, and book recommendations galore

Published on School of the Unconformed • Mar 21

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