The Anti-Dystopians

"We Cannot Rely on Five Nerds": AI Urbanism from Amazon Go to Tech Sovereignty

A Conversation with Dr Casey Lynch

Jan 19 • Alina Utrata

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December 2025

A World of VCs in Miniature: Silicon Valley's Ideology

A Conversation with Olivier Jutel

Dec 17, 2025 • Alina Utrata

But Daddy, I Love Him (My ChatGPT Boyfriend)

Robots and Loveability with Dr Jenny Carla Moran

Dec 3, 2025 • Alina Utrata

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November 2025

The Eye of the Tiger: conservation tech, rural surveillance & the patriarchy in Indian wildlife reserves

COP30 Coverage

Nov 12, 2025 • Alina Utrata

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Why Finance Guys Are Trying to Offshore the Planet

COP30: A Conversation with Connor O'Brien

Nov 5, 2025 • Alina Utrata

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October 2025

The Climate Catastrophe & Critical Infrastructure

COP30 Coverage

Oct 29, 2025 • Alina Utrata

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August 2025

On Dystopia, Fearing the Future and Political Imagination

A Conversation with Matthew Cole

Aug 25, 2025 • Alina Utrata

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June 2025

An Intellectual History of LLMs

A Conversation with Amira Moeding

Jun 30, 2025 • Alina Utrata

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The Anti-Dystopian's Guide to GenAI for students & educators

What is GenAI, Why is it Bad, and How Can Higher Education Resist It?

Jun 6, 2025 • Alina Utrata

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May 2025

Abolish AI!!: Decomputing with Dan McQuillan

It’s sometimes easy to feel that dystopia is already upon us.

May 12, 2025 • Alina Utrata

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February 2025

Public, Private and DOGE: Hybrid Sovereignty with Swati Srivastava

The news feels unending and relentless—so if you want to take a break and think about the historic entanglements between public and private power, do we…

Feb 24, 2025 • Alina Utrata

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From DOGE to Subsea Cables: Global Infrastructures and Corporate Control

A Conversation with Dr Andrew Dougall

Feb 10, 2025 • Alina Utrata

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