Cambria Zeitgeist (Oct 2025)

What's Happening? What's New? What's Evil?

"As things stand today, if you don’t change—and provided you are not a regular practitioner of extreme sports other than chess—here’s my safe bet: you, like me, will die mid-scroll." Alberto Romero.

You Will Die Mid-Scroll

The vibes are off

The Algorithmic BridgeAlberto Romero

The dawn of the post-literate society And the end of civilisation.

The dawn of the post-literate society

And the end of civilisation

Cultural CapitalJames Marriott

"Capitalism works not just by allowing upward mobility, but by accelerating its downward equivalent." Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The World in Which We Live Now

Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Ron Paul Institute, 2025

MediumNassim Nicholas Taleb

"Substack is not a platform. It is a cult with a font upgrade. You cannot simply write. You must first believe. You must chant the slogans. You must bow before the sacred graph of open rates."

THE SUBSTACK CONSPIRACY: A Sermon in Photocopy

Dictated by Algernon (Algie) Fitzwalter-Snodgrass, Mayor of Liminal London.

LIMINAL BRITAINLIMINAL BRITAIN

Although we are, thankfully, well out of the loop and have zero 'influence', out there are clever thoughtful writers and media shaping the new zeitgeist (see links below) well worth reading and following.

The People we follow:

Cory Doctorow, Joan Westenberg, Scott Galloway, Enrique Dans, John Wight, Shankar Narayan, The Writing Cooperative, Wes O'Donnell. Yascha Mounk, The Free Press, Robert Reich, The Unreported Truth, Racket News, Tina Brown, Alberto Romero, Will Hayward, Nation.Cymru, Daily Beast, Liminal Britain, After Babel, Nasim Nicholas Taleb, Satirical Planet News

We are on Substack and Medium.

Check out the latest articles and curated lists below.

Read below our lists of articles by Medium writers we follow on topics of interest to our audience such as writing advice, politics, evil things happening in the world and more.

List: Artificial Intelligence AI | Curated by Cambria Stories | Medium

Artificial Intelligence AI · 104 stories on Medium

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List: Evil | Curated by Cambria Stories | Medium

Evil · 108 stories on Medium

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List: Politics | Curated by Cambria Stories | Medium

Politics · 74 stories on Medium

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List: Writing Advice | Curated by Cambria Stories | Medium

Writing Advice · 72 stories on Medium

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Editors note. The topics, content and opinions in these linked articles are those of their authors. Read at your own discretion.

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