LinkLog #4

Man, I am not good at upkeeping this. With the start of the semester (although it is week 4 already), it has been really challenging to maintain a routine and actually want to be on my computer to formally type these up. I could do it on my phone, but I have such a tiny screen I much prefer this as a big screen activity. Even then, I spend so much time on my computer during the week it is hard to want to tippy tap on my own time...

Now

Media

Research

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.139225 External Link • archive.org

Started reading Erich Neumann's Art and the Creative Unconscious. The opening essay features Leonardo da Vinci, which I wasn't expecting going into it. The first essay specifically discusses the Great Mother as the birth of creativity and how da Vinci was probably touched by the gods (specifically Nekhbet, the Egyptian vulture god). The Great Mother as a androgynous ourobouros "The father of fathers, the mother of mothers, who hath existed from the beginning and is the creatrix of the world." (13). I drew some parallels from both the Great Mother and da Vinci's queerness to the natural selection talk. Still getting through it, the second essay looks more promising. Lots of Freudian and Jungian analysis, but I am definitely intrigued by the archetype analysis.

https://www.e-flux.com/journal/156/6776747/death-art-and-spirituality External Link • e-flux.com

I've always been interested in mythologies and spiritualism, which I guess is a big theme of this weeks readings. I do want to read Thought-Forms next likely.

Today, we are once again living through a profound transformation of life and perception—this time driven by digitalization, algorithmic automation, and artificial intelligence. As with earlier technological upheavals, these shifts have brought about widespread anxiety, disorientation, and a renewed sense of alienation. The global resurgence of nationalism, populism, and authoritarianism is one symptom of this deeper unease. In response, many contemporary artists are turning—once again—to mysticism, spirituality, and nonhuman ways of knowing to make sense of the present.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/podcasts/the-daily/chatgpt-ai-delusions.html External Link • nytimes.com

Immensely sad piece about the impacts of echo chambers with chatbots. Lately I have been perusing r/MyBoyfriendIsAI. This isn't something that I want for myself. But it seems more a symptom of the ongoing lonliness epidemic.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/11/the-pain-of-perfectionism External Link • newyorker.com

Leslie Jamison strikes again. I had a pretty lengthy conversation with a friend about this, and it feels unsatisfying in a resolution. I know there is actively still research happening in this space, but perfectionism is very much a systemetic issue (thinking about grading all the time and participation trophies).

https://zenodo.org/records/17065099 External Link • zenodo.org https://olivia.science/ai External Link • olivia.science https://against-a-i.com External Link • against-a-i.com

Olivia Guest et al. wrote a letter against AI, and also maintains a list of Critical AI literacy references. Anna Kornbluh has a similar set of resources for teachers.

https://substack.com/inbox/post/157826478 External Link • substack.com

History repeats itself. I referenced a few times the chart of academics who succumbed to autocracy vs. resisted. I think I'm somewhere in the "emigrate" category, and I'm currently looking up ways to move elsewhere. The UK has a 2 year visa for people who graduated from a top 50 university and a lot of conversation this week have been around potentially moving there.

https://www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/2024/05/17/when-online-content-disappears/ External Link • pewresearch.org

Archival!

https://www.spamzine.co.uk/post/essay-the-poetics-of-memory-online-hypnospace-outlaw-and-literature-on-deviantart-by-ian-macartne External Link • spamzine.co.uk

Web nostalgia.

https://tgam.xyz External Link • tgam.xyz

Pretty pictures oh my.

https://www.wired.com/story/zines-social-media-power/ External Link • wired.com

woohoo physical media!