Hi ๐ Iโm Jay Springett
Writer, Podcaster, and Strategist
Welcome to thejaymo.net! My homepage on the World Wide Web since 2009
I am interested in the design, administration and flourishing of worlds of all kinds
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 โ an exploration of worlds as a medium and how they came to be. My essay collection on World Running can be found at worldrunning.guide
Since 2018 I’ve been making Permanently Moved. A 301 second long personal podcast that condenses complex ideas into digestible bites
As an early voice in the Solarpunk movement, I’m committed to envisioning and navigating towards sustainable, regenerative futures
My new interview podcast on creativity and aphantasia is called Experience.Computer
You can contact me about potentially working together here
Permanently Moved is an iTunes Top 100 personal journal.
301 seconds in length. Written, recorded and edited by me weekly since 2018.
Short Term Thinking | 2409
I propose that everything that occurs between the decision to plant a tree and the full expression of its canopy is short-term…
Going Deep | 2407
Tetris players have gone so deep, and become such powerful wizards, that they can avoid the end of the world.ย
Weeknotes ๐๏ธ
My Weeknotes Newsletter has been sent from my virtual desktop since 2018. If you’re interested in my work and curious about my influences, consider this newsletter your personal weekly dispatch from my world
Settling In
The idea that a new work must come out, be consumed, burn bright before we all collectively move on to the next…
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Experience.Computer is slow radio about high tech.
An interview show about aphantasia, creativity, and the imagination
The show examines how people perceive the world, and how they work with the creative tools they use to make their work with
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Slides and speaker notes for my Solarpunk keynote given at Unsound Festival (2019)
Solarpunk is a collective โMemetic Engineโ. A cultural construct, a tool to power and provides the โre-futuringโ that our collective imagination needs
World Running ๐
A speculative research project about worlding worlds, and running them
Dimensino ๐พ
An ongoing webscrapbook exploring development of the crypto / Web3 ecosystem and its relationship to coming โMetaverseโ
Pinned ๐
Some posts that caught algos attention. An ideal starting point if you’re new around here
Solarpunk: A Container for More Fertile Futures
My original essay from Solarpunk Magazine’s first issue. It examines the rise of Solarpunk as a creative force for sustainable futures.
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…
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Short Term Thinking | 2409
I propose that everything that occurs between the decision to plant a tree and the full expression of its canopy is short-term…
GPT-4o Must Die?
Itโs worth exploring whether a Tamagotchi style lifecycle design pattern could be applied to AI assistants to help users maintain healthy emotional…
Settling In
The idea that a new work must come out, be consumed, burn bright before we all collectively move on to the next…
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