A podcast on memetics, myth and propaganda: how our narratives define the limits of our political and personal identity, how any era of civilization may be consigned to myth just as it was defined by it.

This week on FUTURE FOSSILS we ask, whom do we serve? Who gives us power, and to whom do we give ours? Where does that power come from? To whom do we sell our stories?

We explore the world behind the world, linking Jamie’s writing and game world-building in the domain he calls myth punk, and the equally Eldritch complex systems wicked problem of climate action.

Speculative Hurdles Towards Evaluating Artificial General Intelligence. These initial speculations deal with embodiment, evolutionary dynamics, and the potentials of both biological and artificial intelligences, with the intention of clarifying my premises, rooted in prior research and introspection.

Reports from the Bunker at the End of Time

Another era closes its eyes. The air is thick with a sleepy silence that is not the absence of sound, but the presence of too much lost meaning. …

A quote is making the rounds on social media: “The correct response to uncertainty is mythmaking.” This idea, now amplified in the digital age, is as essential in our accelerated, virtual world as it likely was around a campfire 20,000 years ago. But a few things have changed. Bear with me a minute…

A thought-provoking essay on the riddle of cooperation amidst global crises.

I wanted to share some general announcements about the Fallen Cycle projects currently in the works, or waiting in the wings. Truth be told, I've been planning on doing this since the turn of the year, but I looked up and it was already March. So it goes...

Early stages of work on QUICKNIFE comic, set in the Fallen Cycle transmedia mythos.