A Clear Lens
MarcelloEssays, reviews, and reflections on culture and meaning.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 38 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 8 days ago |
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Cozy Scifi: Resident Alien
I have just finished binging Resident Alien and I loved it.
The poster is not wrong, this show has a bit of everything but, most of all, it’s fun to watch.
Its comedy is built on character and situation, not on endlessly layered mysterie...
The Key Point (Important) About AI
Last year I wrote a piece about systemic changes in our society and why we are not living in the futurist utopia we could.
Lots has happened since then. For once, I upgraded my 2014 desktop computer. Upgraded is a bit reductive since the o...
AI Won’t Make You an Artist
I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes. — Joanna Maciejewska
If you’ve spent any amount of time on the internet, you’ve come acro...
Citizens, Soldiers, and the War That Never Ends
You are told that war is necessary.
You don’t hear this all at once, but rather digest it slowly, and suddenly, here we are.
The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. — Thomas Jeffer...
Is This Really the Best Fiction 2025 Had to Offer?
Many months ago, a friend on Substack proposed a challenge: read all the novels on that year’s Booker Prize longlist.
The Booker Prize is, according to its own definition, the leading literary award in the English-speaking world, honoring...
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