Culture
Jul 22, 2026
6 min
The United States of Hypnosis
We do not ride upon the Algorithmic Feed, the Algorithmic Feed rides upon us.
By Nick Butler
Section
What we're watching, reading, and arguing about.
5 stories
We do not ride upon the Algorithmic Feed, the Algorithmic Feed rides upon us.
Metaphor, not mathematics, is the best way to measure experience and create new meaning.
Reflecting on the past ten years of Sometimes Weekly and looking forward to the next.
Some thoughts on the current Course of human events.
The kinds of text that appears here and there from time to time.
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