Collector #394

The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet (Second Printing): Second printing

This is a book about how to survive on the internet.

It’s about the cozy web, the dark web, the dark forest, the clear net, the dark net, and a new social world emerging around us.

This is The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet (second printing)

Collector #7

Bracket Vol. 06: Change (Digital Edition): First Edition

Bracket is a publication that features everything in between: ideas, voices and processes that are overlooked and under-appreciated. Each contributor is sent a questionnaire on which they handwrite their answers or customise however they want. In this latest issue, 15 thinkers and makers are surveyed on the topic of Change. How we can get unstuck.

Collector #7

Book of Creativity : Introduction : First Edition

This PDF is my raw longhand introduction to my English translation of Sefer Yesira, an ancient Hebrew mystical text important not just for its internal creative effect on major medieval Jewish mystics like Abraham Abulafia, but also for its seminal influence germinating the seeds of modern logic and computing with the looming Golem of AI in view.

Collector #26

The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet trilogy: First Edition

A trilogy of essays published from 2019 through 2021 that explores why I and others feel less comfortable showing our true selves online

Reissued here with the original piece, two follow-up essays, and a podcast conversation with The Stoa exploring the concept

Collector #132

On Making a Living as an Artist (Digital Edition): First Edition

In 2018, The Creative Independent published our first zine, featuring the emotional and practical wisdom of Philip Glass, Yumna Al-Arashi, Taja Cheek, and others on how to make a living as an artist. This is a digital edition of that work.

Collector #21

LOOBTOPIA _Chapter One 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕞: First Edition

Here is a reality ~ 𝕃𝕠𝕠𝕓𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕚𝕒. This is the film. Sillyfunsilly visuals, cynicism, narcissism, avatars and music. (We are camouflaging Loobi's aching emptiness, as she endlessly searches for a sense of 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦/𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚/𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞.) Loobtopia is fickle, noncommittal and vapid. IT IS SUCH FUN. W3lc0m3 Fr13Nd$. ᴛꜱ&ᴄꜱ ᴀᴘᴘʟʏ.

Collector #31

Introducing Metalabel: First Edition

Collect the original essay, ideas, and research that inspired Metalabel, including:

— Unpublished research and thinking from May 2021

— The initial manifesto, first published in February 2022

— Further research, first published in October 2022

Preserved and collectible as a new media archive for the first time

Collector #62

After the Creator Economy : First Edition

Will we still be asking people to like and subscribe in 10 years?

"After The Creator Economy" explores constructive alternatives for the ways we produce, distribute, and monetize creative work online.

Co-edited by Austin Robey (Metalabel) and Severin Matusek (co—matter), this release preserves and digitally reissues the zine