Museum Luddites, Revisited: A Review of Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant
A new book connect the Luddite uprising of the 1810s to current tech-directed work.
Robert J Weisberg
Links of the Week: January 5, 2024: Digging in the Link Pile, part 3
We finish up a three-week link dump with AI and decision-making.
What Might Be in Store for Museum Human in 2024
Museum Human considers paid-tier and discoverability dilemmas, among others.
Links of the Week: December 29, 2023: Digging in the Link Pile, part 2 (and finding AI)
AI was clearly the term of the year—check out some links to see how it played out.
The Top Museum Human Themes of 2023
What did readers get in 105 posts of Museum Human this year?
Links of the Week: December 22, 2023: Digging in the Link Pile, part 1
There's no shortage of articles about AI, so we'll start with anything but.
The Top Museum Human Posts of 2023
Museum Human readers in 2023 enjoyed interviews almost as much as reading about quiet quitting.
Links of the Week: December 15, 2023: Collapsagideon Time
Is there room for different approaches to—or even understandings of—societal collapse?
Complexity, Simplicity, and Collapse, Part 3: You Are Here
Museums use hierarchy to deal with complexity, but confronting collapse requires something else.
Links of the Week: December 8, 2023: Museum Preppers Edition
Optimists and pessimists, like people on many opposite sides, have more in common than they think.