spencer's paradoxes

The Internet has no benches

on building free public infrastructure for enjoyment

Apr 30 • Spencer Chang

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disposable making

disposable software, scrap vs trash, being honest and sharing it

Apr 26 • Spencer Chang

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chinese creativity (a visit to china pt.3)

arbitrage, playing the meta game, and the nature of water

Apr 19 • Spencer Chang

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March 2026

the chinese internet (a visit to china pt.2)

"light apps" and a separate internet only for phones

Mar 5 • Spencer Chang

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February 2026

chinese period of my life (a visit to China pt.1)

China's perfected capitalism, the abundance of creation, and the invisible humans who keep it running

Feb 18 • Spencer Chang

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January 2026

inevitable 2026

pushing bounds, making studies, and becoming nature

Jan 27 • Spencer Chang

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December 2025

software you can touch

[TI-23] being seen through experience and personal mantras

Dec 3, 2025 • Spencer Chang

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October 2025

alive internet theory

why the bots will never win and just hanging out online

Oct 11, 2025 • Spencer Chang

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September 2025

the visitors

an ode to a departing piece of art

Sep 27, 2025 • Spencer Chang

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pinhole

notes on curation, seeing, and tuning to new forms of perception

Sep 2, 2025 • Spencer Chang

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July 2025

constellation of coincidences

the web of fateful encounters behind reality

Jul 31, 2025 • Spencer Chang

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June 2025

computing shrines: play as kindling for liberation

on communal websites in sculptures, the title of this newsletter, and perpetual energy

Jun 17, 2025 • Spencer Chang

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