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Jasmine Sun
Us-China Relations
Technology Policy
Artificial Intelligence
China Journalism
Liberalism
Social Media
Literature
Education
Silicon Valley
Wokeness
Social Credit System
Deep Technology
System Design
Censorship
Generative AI
Politics
Geopolitical Tension
Democracy
Technology
Digital Democracy

The anthropology of tech. Hosted by Jasmine Sun and friends. Transcripts and links at jasmi.news. jasmi.news

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Latest Episodes

Live video discussing Dario's "The Adolescence of Technology" and the Claude Constitution with Irene Zhang from ChinaTalk and Kai Williams from Understanding AI.

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People are panicking about the literacy crisis, about waning attention spans and why technology is making everything worse. But some people — like writer, software designer, and literary critic Celine Nguyen — have managed to not only retain their en... more

VOICEOVER: A short essay on how vice signaling is eating Silicon Valley.

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These days I am quite stressed about the fate of “liberal democracy.” It’s not a concept I previously felt very attached to, mostly because I didn’t like the way the Dems talked about it.

But now, we are in a far, far worse place. Masked ICE agents ... more

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Author of the Bombshell Essay AI 2027 and former governance researcher at OpenAI
Episode: 🌻 forecasts vs. fiction (ft. daniel kokotajlo)
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Writer and former product manager at Substack
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Episode: 🌻 notes on notes (ft. me)
Audrey Tang
Cyber ambassador of Taiwan, involved in technology and democratic initiatives
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Episode: 🌻 doing DOGE right (ft. audrey tang)
Tianyu Fang
A researcher and a writer focused on tech policy and US-China relations
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Episode: 🌻 the china model (ft. tianyu fang)

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Jasmine Sun
Writer and podcaster active across Substack and Jasmi.News, with insight into writing, technology, and media landscapes.

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🌻 expanding the market for culture (ft. celine nguyen)
Q: Did you have imposter syndrome at all when you were going to art school for the first time?
I definitely did. I feel like I've only shaken off that feeling maybe in the last year.
🌻 expanding the market for culture (ft. celine nguyen)
Q: What propelled you to go from the world of Silicon Valley to thinking, I want to go to art masters school in London?
I guess I have been referring to that period as my quarter life crisis period. It's like, I want to be in a certain discipline, I want to be in a certain profession.
🌻 how dems lost the future (ft. kelsey piper)
Q: What do you think are the values of these sort of independent-ish, swingy tech floaters?
Kelsey identifies values such as the importance of building things, individual liberty, and a live-and-let-live attitude towards cultural issues.
🌻 how dems lost the future (ft. kelsey piper)
Q: How did you begin to call yourself a liberal?
Kelsey Piper describes her liberalism as the belief that people should broadly be free to live their own lives according to their understanding of the good, while also tolerating others' perspectives.
🌻 forecasts vs. fiction (ft. daniel kokotajlo)
Q: How do you make those sorts of modeling decisions for political events?
Kokotajlo explains that they consulted with experts in DC to gather insights and made educated guesses for political scenarios.

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