The Cultural Futurist

My personal Substack

Pens and Poison is the literary project of author Liza Libes. Enter a world of literary analyses, cultural critiques, and other hot takes.

Musings on culture. As seen in First Things, Michigan Enjoyer, and Silence and Starsong

An informed dissident view of culture and the arts

Commentary on decadence, culture, futurism, and the absurd.

I write about how we can sustain our humanity in a highly digital world.

Occasional meditations on depressing topics.

Writings about modernism and modernity, literature, film, history and more.

Examining fundamental change during tumultuous times.

Lines in the sand.

Essays on meaning, technical work, self and society, AI, Vajrayana Buddhism, and vampires.

Entrepreneur, writer, and producer sharing unfiltered reflections on business, identity, culture, tech, and life. Real talk, bold ideas, and a mix of strategy, storytelling, and everyday moments—subscribe for the journey.

Extrications and ecstasies.

Exploring risk, human progress, and your potential.

Looking at the intersection between the new media trends of now and the legacy media trends of yesterday.

Perspectives from Earth's older, better-looking sister world

Anatoly has written about a wide range of topics from world politics to transhumanism since 2008.