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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · 4d

The book "Late Soviet Britain" by Abby Innes is a devastating critique of neoliberal economics. It also has implications about how AI is going to impact how we work and live.
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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 10d

This week's #FreeFictionFriday pick, "The Baker of Mars" by @karlschroeder.bsky.social follows Myrna, a chef serving settlers colonizing Mars. Relocation seems promising, until a visit with a friend reveals the expansion is quickly draining the planet's aquifers.

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · 11d

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Why Don't the Jedi Use ChatGPT?

What Star Wars teaches us about technology, storytelling, and worldbuilding.

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · 18d

Now that AI is being driven by the same user-engagement algorithms that enshittified social media, we need an alternative business model. Why not take a lesson from the past, with a new kind of PDA?

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Return of the PDA

The AI business model is based on user engagement, like social media. Not doomscrolling, but something just as bad: automated rumination. We need a different model.

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · Oct 3

Because they're intelligent, educated people who have agency and (increasingly) a lot of money. I could turn your question around and ask why you think they will be helpless?

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · Oct 2

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Rise of the Middle Powers

Who are the adults in the room, in modern politics? And what if those adults want neither a return to American hegemony, nor a multipolar world order?

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · Sep 30

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Karl Schroeder: The Singularity is an Old Idea. Keep Moving Forward! | Nikola Danaylov Ⓥ

🚀 13 years ago, I sat down with Canadian futurist and science fiction author Karl Schroeder for what turned out to be one of the most impactful interviews of my entire career on Singularity.FM. At th...

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · Sep 18

Last week's post inspired some lively debate. I'm following up with an even more provocative idea--the question of whether quantum mechanics can tell us something about how to improve our political institutions.
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Quantum Politics

Can we ground our divisive political discussions in a reality that neither Left nor Right can argue away?

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · Sep 11

While good people debate, bad people act. We're all concerned with finding the ground for a new social contract; but we're out of time to do that. Why not abandon that effort, and start building a pluralistic society based on the complete lack of common ground...?
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Ride Madly Off In All Directions

What's after Postmodernism? Is it Metamodernism? Or, instead of seeking new ways to ground authenticity and authority, can we build a society that doesn't need them?

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · Sep 10

Wow, thanks! I love this

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Bravo @bravolimapoppa.bsky.social · Sep 10

Because the world is a bad place right now and I'm in a bad headspace, here are 5 copies of @karlschroeder.bsky.social 's _Stealing Worlds_.

#KindleBookGiveAway

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · Sep 4

I took the summer off to write. Amazingly, I accomplished everything I planned for, including preparing a new short story collection for publication, and finishing the novel I've been promising. I'm back online now and resuming my newsletter, Unapocalyptic.
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Pivot Season

The dangers of writing very-near-future science fiction; or, What I Did on My Summer Vacation

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · Aug 22

Bought! A theme I'm working towards in my Substack, but haven't yet felt confident to take on. Also relevant to the new novel, which is about the future of the Arctic and Indigenous self-governance.

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ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social · Jul 17

Let’s talk about an Edmonton science fiction institution -- On Spec, Canada’s most prominent English-language science fiction magazine.

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About On Spec / Contact Us

In 1989, a small group of Edmonton writers formed The Copper Pig Writers Society in order to fill a niche in Canada–a paying market for English SF. SF with a uniquely Canadian Perspective. Of…

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · Jul 6

Can't do that if Tor still holds the audiobook rights. I'll have to review my contract. Rolling my own audiobook would also be A) time-consuming, or B) money-consuming. I have neither the time nor the money to do it right now.

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · Jul 6

Frankly, I chose Substack because I was unable to import my mailing list to any of the alternatives. And I've heard Substack's reputation, but Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie trust it.

I'm interested in Ghost but have no time to explore it right now.

I am on Facebook but don't post.

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · Jun 27

I've paused my Substack newsletter for the summer so I can focus on writing fiction. Got a novel to finish.

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · Jun 20

I think I'll have to narrate that one myself. Yeah, it was always intended to be the end of the series. It was all wrapped up, and I wanted to make room in my brain for new characters in new worlds. Of which, there are a lot.

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · Jun 13

Including the actual link might help. Duh.

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Our Subtopian Future

Ecotopia's great and all, but what about the future of the grungy part of town? An exploration using the basic "atom" of scenario-based foresight planning: the 2x2 matrix.

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · Jun 13

I've written an introduction to the 2x2 scenario-planning method, using the example of the future of the Hinterland.

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · Jun 3

Well, I did write a book based on the idea that intelligence's purpose is to make it possible for an entity to move into environments it isn't directly adapted to. But direct adaptation is always "cheaper" in the long run and will render intelligence unnecessary in the end, every time.

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · May 29

Can Canada become an Arctic superpower? How could we achieve it? And--most importantly--is it worth trying?
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Nation-Building in the North

Canada is reconfiguring itself as a strategic global power. How does that work?

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TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social · May 9

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I wrote my first novel "A New Faith" < tinjar.ghost.io > before I discovered @karlschroeder.bsky.social

Pleasantly surprised to realize that I had inadvertently used several of his tips.

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Eleven Tips for Using SciFi in Futures Work

What nobody tells you about narrative in foresight projects: how to write it

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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · May 9

Why does stuff happen? What ultimately causes the kind of seismic shift we’re seeing in the world today? Is it just one man? Or are impersonal historical forces at work? In the post, I presented six theories people use and use them in a worldbuilding exercise.
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Karl Schroeder @karlschroeder.bsky.social · May 1

Progressives need to understand that technology is legislation if they're going to counter the MAGA-ization of everything.

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