Archive - spencer's paradoxes

alive internet theory

why the bots will never win and just hanging out online

Oct 11, 2025 • Spencer Chang

The Internet has no benches

on building free public infrastructure for enjoyment

Apr 30 • Spencer Chang

chinese creativity (a visit to china pt.3)

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

Apr 19 • Spencer Chang

touching computers

[TI-12] on carrying my website around, tangible computing, and computing shrines

Mar 11, 2024 • Spencer Chang

towards flight: a new chapter

📳 PERSONAL NEWS ALERT 📳

Feb 10, 2023 • Spencer Chang

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

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

"light apps" and a separate internet only for phones

Mar 5 • Spencer Chang

what we're up against

[TI-18] an interlude on what I care about by detailing it's opposite, or the kind of technology i find so wrong

Feb 23, 2025 • Spencer Chang

the weight of dreams

a two-edged sword and being raised in the institution of dreaming

Aug 6, 2024 • Spencer Chang

the whimsy theory of change

on positive visions for the future and cultivating a culture of dreaming

Jul 16 • Spencer Chang

delusion & reality

on believing in yourself, operating in an adversarial system, and fear as a direction for change

Mar 25, 2025 • Spencer Chang

software you can touch

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

Dec 3, 2025 • Spencer Chang

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