“If you’re reluctant to be in a relationship or have a family, to use social media, if you don’t want to earn money — these things are reduced to psychological symptoms which should be treated. What happens if we look at them instead as political forms of resistance?”

In July I met trailblazing theorist Paul B. Preciado, whose work is poetic and revolutionary. We discussed his idea to redefine ‘dysphoria’, today's surging transphobia and how we might remain hopeful despite it all. Read it on @FinancialTimes or DM me.

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RT @LSEnews: "We need to work out how to regulate big tech so that the bullying stops and the hate is not amplified.". Prof Sonia Livingsto….

RT @paticlarke: ‘Great Rewiring’ or moral panic: are young people really the ‘anxious generation’?. Loved this thoughtful & nuanced piece f….

In The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt argues that social media is harming kids at an industrial scale. I'm not so sure: yes there's a problem, but aren't there benefits, too? . For @ObserverUK I challenged Haidt on the nuances of this tricky debate.

25 years ago today, people woke up to realise they were safe from the dangers of Y2K. I revisited that moment for @guardian and discovered big questions around Y2K are still hotly debated, revealing much about our present anxieties around technology.

From background characters in video games to centre-stage on TikTok, NPCs are an obsession of the social media age. I spoke to some of the biggest creators about what it takes to make a living as a digital doll for this winter's @Dazed . Read it here:

"We are Ukrainians who are making a Ukrainian game. It’s not a political statement, it’s just a good game. It’s made by us—and we matter.” I spoke to the creators of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl about finishing their epic game amidst the war with Russia.

RT @ChristopherJM: “We are Ukrainians who are making a Ukrainian game. It’s not a political statement, it’s just a good game. But we want p….

In today's @FinancialTimes I wrote about an intriguing new exhibition of early tech and computer art at @Tate, which shows the way artists are wrestling with modern technologies today actually has a history stretching back 50 years.

I investigated these questions along with some bigger ones: what is heritage? Who owns it? Why does it matter? And how does politics always get in the way?.

I've always thought this mission was pretty weird — how do you save a dance from disappearing? Who decides it is worth saving, anyway? Is there something kind of colonial about this whole thing?.

Did you know @UNESCO has a list of songs, dances and crafts that it is trying to save from extinction? I visited for @ftweekend to investigate this quixotic quest, speaking to Brazilian shamans, Greenlandic drummers and the guy who rolls cheese down a hill.

For @FinancialTimes, I reviewed an exhibition in New York making the connections between video games and fine art. "These artists are forging a space for games to move beyond entertainment to stake a place as mysterious art objects in their own right.".

For the @FinancialTimes I interviewed Slawn, the 23 year-old artist who has infiltrated London's art scene. Is he the real deal or just an influencer who knows how to hustle? .

I reviewed Floating Points’ new album Cascade for @residentadvisor - a selection of organic, shimmering club tracks which are great fun but lose a little of what makes his best music so singular.

I jumped on the @ftweekend podcast with @lilahrap today to chat about the global rise of Arabic language pop music. Check it out for some key context and, more importantly, essential recommendations for your playlists 🎧.

For @ftweekend I looked into the rising popularity of Arabic-language music in Europe and North America—a testament to the region's abundant talent, creativity and diversity.

Yesterday I hopped on Australian national radio to talk about why Google thinks I'm a dead physicist and the slow death spiral of search engines in the age of AI. Have a listen here around the 1hr27 mark 🎧.

For this weekend’s @FT I strapped on a VR headset to travel to a 1989 acid house rave in the experimental music documentary ‘In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats’. Such a rush and one of the best uses of VR tech I’ve seen to date. Read it here:.