Wandering Wondering Star

Not—not ironically

People are writing eulogies for an AI model.

Dec 7 • 

JoRoan

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November 2025

The Anxious Autocrat

Why Creative Excellence Requires Benevolent Dictatorship—And What to Do About It

Nov 30 • 

JoRoan

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the two drugs

a confession from inside the pharmacy

Nov 29 • 

JoRoan

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1:13

The Scale Has Changed

Nobody tells you that the day after you get what you wanted feels exactly like the day before.

Nov 26 • 

JoRoan

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The Woman in the Black Shell Jacket Takes the F Train at 6:47

The woman in the black shell jacket takes the F train at 6:47.

Nov 16 • 

JoRoan

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2

October 2025

We Built Mausoleums, Not Archives

The Algorithm Knows My Best Wasn't Enough

Oct 20 • 

JoRoan

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0:31

The War Between Brand and Performance Is Over. Both Agencies Lost. AI Won.

Fall of the Giants.

Oct 11 • 

JoRoan

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Interference Patterns: A “Sora 2” Story

This is what we mean when we say 'predictive.' Not that it knows what we want, but that it creates what we will want, then makes us think we wanted it…

Oct 5 • 

JoRoan

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0:31

The Economy of Empty Hands

Our wanting has turned violent and algorithmic.

Oct 3 • 

JoRoan

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September 2025

The Algorithm of Loneliness

On Running Too Warm in a Cold World

Sep 19 • 

JoRoan

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5

0:17

The Aesthetics of Proof (Of Being Human)

//Set in late 2026, because that’s where we’re headed...

Sep 17 • 

JoRoan

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0:47

Mudita in Manhattan: A Small Defense of Other People’s Joy or An Etiquette Manual for Envy

There's an otherness to the iPhone’s light at 1 AM when you're swiping through someone else's #VacationToks desperately looking for inspiration.

Sep 7 • 

JoRoan

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0:22