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First and Fifteenth
Essays from a critical technologist, told through the interpretative lens of Black Studies and conceptual art.

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Apr

First #17: Research for People Who Think They Would Rather Create

Research for People Who Think They Would Rather Create is a slender manual written by Dirk Vis — a Dutch lecturer
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Mar

Fifteenth #16: On the Men (and sometimes Women) Who Corrupted Hadleyburg

In 1899, Mark Twain published the short story The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg. Written towards the end of his two-year
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01
Mar

First #16: The AI Con

The AI Con, as its name misleadingly suggests, is not solely about AI; rather, it is an assiduous exercise in
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01
Jan

Reintroducing First and Fifteenth

First and Fifteenth is a newsletter by me, Michael Kibedi. I am a design researcher and critical technologist, and I
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