PinnedAlasdair CannoninThe StartupThe Enjoyment of Negativity: On ‘The Social Dilemma’I If God Is Dead, Social Media Is PermittedOct 21, 20201Oct 21, 20201
Alasdair CannoninThe StartupAs a writer, I’m afraid of capitalism — not ChatGPT.We expected the ‘routine’ jobs to go first. After ChatGPT, though, creatives face the threat of automation. Freelance authors and artists…Sep 9, 20233Sep 9, 20233
Alasdair CannonPlaying & (Knowing the Other’s) RealityTransitional Phenomena, Empathy & EpistemologyFeb 10, 2023Feb 10, 2023
Alasdair CannonSecondary Narcissism & Freudian SubjectivityAn essay I wrote for the Concepts in Psychoanalysis Module, undertaken as part of Birkbeck, University of London’s MA in Psychoanalytic…Jan 17, 2023Jan 17, 2023
Alasdair CannonCan Australia Afford COVID-Zero?Originally written for RealTimeCEOSep 16, 20211Sep 16, 20211
Alasdair Cannon‘Another Now’ by Yanis VaroufakisA Review (That Sort of Became an Essay on Why You Should Respect This Man)May 14, 2021May 14, 2021
Alasdair CannonShoshana Zuboff’s InevitabilismThe Politics of Technological Change, Pt. IJan 6, 20211Jan 6, 20211
Alasdair Cannon‘F*cking My Stepson for Stimulus Check’: An Essay On Ideology + American Pornography“Nobody ever goes broke overestimating the rage and misogyny of the average American male” — David Foster Wallace, Consider the Lobster.Nov 12, 20201Nov 12, 20201
