Studied™ · Issue 03
Am I
Robot?
On the daily ritual of proving we are human and the structural attention problem hiding inside it.
Read Issue 03Previously: The Price of a Yes, Issue 02 · Fresh Hot Domino’s™ Pizza, Issue 01
A podcast + editorial project by Juliana Saxberg
Very
Human
Beings™
Thoughtful company for complicated people.
There is room here for the serious and the silly.
Most days, they arrive together.
01 · A note on being a person
Some things are worth paying attention to.
A book you keep thinking about. A scene in a film. A conversation that changes how you see someone. A joke that lands a little too close to home.
Very Human Beings™ is a place to share those things—and to think about how we live, what we care about, why we are so often at odds with ourselves, and how the technologies in our hands become part of the story.
Read more about the project02 · The podcast
A podcast by Juliana Saxberg
Conversations about the things that shape a life.
Work, love, fear, taste, ambition, change, and the ordinary details people do not always know how to talk about. We will talk about technology too—not as a villain or a miracle, but as one more collaborator in the strange business of being human.
The first episode is in the works.
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Long reads for complicated people
Studied™✦
A magazine-length read for people who prefer a little company while they think.
Studied™ is where we take the time to stay with a question: magazine-length reads about the human condition, culture, technology, and the ways they tangle together.
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Am I
Robot?
On why the daily work of proving we are human has become a private test of self-control.
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05 · The editorial rooms
The things we come back to.
Different ways into the same conversation.
Good Bones
Ideas that hold up under a little scrutiny.
Under the Skin
Stories, images, games and songs that stay with you.
A Change of Pulse
Something that makes you see things differently.
Breathing Room
Small pleasures worth making space for.
06 · The author
Created by author Juliana Saxberg
Made by Juliana Saxberg.
I made Very Human Beings™ for the things I keep coming back to: good writing, beautiful images, useful ideas, strange details and the funny, difficult work of being alive. Technology belongs here not because I think it is the whole story, but because it is now woven through our work, our families, our attention and even our self-justifications.
I care about a good question, a clear sentence, a beautiful image and a bit of humour. I do not think taste is about being exclusive; I think it is about attention. Dear reader, I do not have a clean answer to any of it. I have a pencil, a browser with too many tabs, and an abiding belief that we can still decide how the story goes.
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