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Profiles Sam DeNicola of Bread Bike in San Luis Obispo, who delivers organic, California-grown sourdough by bicycle as a way to build community; traces his path from Berkeley geophysics student and co-op kitchen manager to a community-supported bakery whose guiding philosophy is that "bread is a tool to make friends."

An update on Wiese's three-year project to build a new World's Fair, including a deep dive into the "experiential entertainment" industry (TeamLab, Meow Wolf, Sandbox VR) and the prototype "space elevator" attraction he built with a former Meow Wolf creative, which sold out a one-night Denver show before ending up at a Two Bit Circus pop-up in Santa Monica.

A speculative fiction about a trillion-parameter map that effectively becomes the territory—boosting well-being, productivity, and resilience until neighboring regions clamor to be absorbed—and ends with a heretical religion that searches for an ‘Antimap’ to balance the apparent free lunch.

A post-collapse fable in which an old robot and a young robot, surrounded by scavenging humans, reflect on the lost tacit knowledge that once built advanced civilization; warns that recorded knowledge alone cannot reconstitute the living, embodied expertise that made high technology possible.

A near-future fiction piece in which a metaverse marketing consultation introduces ‘Dark Forest marketing theory’—the idea that some goods attract more predators than buyers, so the best strategy is to be hard to discover—while doubling as a meditation on AI digital twins, trust, and online scams.

Tim Urban shares ten reflections after the first three months of fatherhood, including the strangeness of newborns, the absence of formal parent training, the one-sided nature of the early bond, and how becoming a parent reshapes his view of the future.

A cultural food review capturing the unique local flavors, history, and community vibe of an exceptional culinary establishment.