Hi 👋 I’m Jay Springett
Writer, Podcaster, and Strategist
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I work with worlds, my primary thesis: All techno-social systems should be seen through the lens of worlds
I’m currently writing my first non fiction book: The Web Was a Side Quest — an exploration of worlds and their histories
My essay collection on world running can be found at worldrunning.guide
Since 2018 I’ve been making Permanently Moved. A weekly personal podcast 301 second long that condenses complex ideas into digestible bites
As an early voice in the Solarpunk movement, I’m committed to envisioning and guiding us towards sustainable, regenerative futures
My new interview show on creativity and aphantasia Experience.Computer is launching soon
Permanently Moved 🔊
Permanently Moved is an iTunes Top 100 personal journal podcast. 301 seconds in length; written, recorded and edited by @thejaymo
EOY 2023 | 2340
As is tradition, here are all the episodes that didn’t get made in 2023, and a little note about Season 11 and…
Autonomous Worlds: Misusing The Money Machine | 2339
Exploring blockchain’s shift from finance to creating games in digital universes. A look at this tech’s new role in gaming and virtual…
Episode 250 | 2338
Holy crap 250 episodes! Reflecting on the shows growth, creative enjoyment, making the zine, and future endeavours.
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Weeknotes 🗓️
Casual in tone, my ‘Weeknotes’ has been a staple on the blog since 2018. If you’re intrigued by my work and curious about my influences, consider it your personal weekly dispatch from my world.
Boltgun
In comparison to recent weeks things have been slower over here at thejaymo.net. I’ve even found some time to start playing a…
A Machine-Made Mirror
Until the other day I hadn’t come across any obvious LLM written media. To have the first one I encounter *BE ABOUT…
Timeshift
It’s super early on Monday morning. I’m using the ‘Timeshifter App’ for the first time as I’m leaving for the Autonomous Worlds…
World Running 🌐
A speculative essay collection and research project about worlding worlds, and running them
Dimensino 👾
An ongoing webscrapbook exploring development of the crypto / Web3 ecosystem and its relationship to coming ‘Metaverse’
Solarpunk: Life In the Future Beyond the Rusted Chrome of Yestermorrow
Slides and speaker notes for my Solarpunk keynote given at Unsound Festival (2019)
Solarpunk is a collective ‘Memetic Engine’. A cultural construct, a tool to power and provides the ‘re-futuring’ that our collective imagination needs
Pinned 📌
Here’s some posts that gained some momentum on the socials. An ideal starting point if you’re new around here.
Stuck with Berduck
Over on Blusesky this week, 1000’s of people were stuck in a Hellthread with an AI powered rubber duck reply guy.
Future Music
I am fixated on the vocal static. I hear at the edges the AI-anna Grande model unspooling into pure material waveform. This…
Hiring Soon: World Runner | Design Fiction
I recently travelled to the near future. Unfortunately all I could bring back was this PDF of the job description for a…
Wind-up Worlds
Wind-up Worlds, Web3, World Running and the urgent collective pivot we need to make towards Slow Social experiences.
PERMISSIVE IPs
Exploring the potential for community owned/governed story worlds by splitting the difference between ‘Internet Protocol vs Intellectual Property’.
Craving Canon
Canon, fandom, solarpunk, narrative, cultural fracking and other problems with story worlds in 2020
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EOY 2023 | 2340
As is tradition, here are all the episodes that didn’t get made in 2023, and a little note about Season 11 and…
Boltgun
In comparison to recent weeks things have been slower over here at thejaymo.net. I’ve even found some time to start playing a…
Autonomous Worlds: Misusing The Money Machine | 2339
Exploring blockchain’s shift from finance to creating games in digital universes. A look at this tech’s new role in gaming and virtual…
A Machine-Made Mirror
Until the other day I hadn’t come across any obvious LLM written media. To have the first one I encounter *BE ABOUT…
Episode 250 | 2338
Holy crap 250 episodes! Reflecting on the shows growth, creative enjoyment, making the zine, and future endeavours.
Timeshift
It’s super early on Monday morning. I’m using the ‘Timeshifter App’ for the first time as I’m leaving for the Autonomous Worlds…