https://slowvariables.net/ Slow Variables is a pseudonymous essay series on science, technology, A.I. and the Internet, concerned with second-order effects rather than product news. Each edition, read aloud in a synthetic voice; the words are the writer's. en The Editor Slow Variables is a pseudonymous essay series on science, technology, A.I. and the Internet, concerned with second-order effects rather than product news. Each edition, read aloud in a synthetic voice; the words are the writer's. Slow Variableseditors@slowvariables.net false episodic yes https://slowvariables.net/issues/008/ slowvariables-audio-008 Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Someone has always told you how to vote. Until this year they had to say it out loud. Read in a synthetic voice; the words are the writer's. Full text, footnotes and the ledger of claims: https://slowvariables.net/issues/008/ 531 8 false https://slowvariables.net/issues/007/ slowvariables-audio-007 Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 For a century, Western democracies sold surveillance abroad and told themselves the distance was the difference. The distance was only a delay, because A.I. ships overnight. Read in a synthetic voice; the words are the writer's. Full text, footnotes and the ledger of claims: https://slowvariables.net/issues/007/ 627 7 false https://slowvariables.net/issues/006/ slowvariables-audio-006 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Courtship always had a proxy. This is the first one that's cheaper than the person — and built by someone who needs you never to leave. Read in a synthetic voice; the words are the writer's. Full text, footnotes and the ledger of claims: https://slowvariables.net/issues/006/ 623 6 false