Joshua Jenkins

Articles

Things I wrote

How to Escape The Groundhog Day Economy

Recommendation algorithms create preferences rather than discovering them. But Phil Connors had the solution right. We don't have to change the world; just embrace serendipity.

Article16 days ago

Liability for CEOs Will Teach the Horse to Trot

Some frontier AI companies say they want to voluntarily pace AI development, but they resist doing it to preserve their place in the competitive landscape. Only enforcement can pull the reins on this frontier.

Article1 month ago

Notes

Things I'm thinking about

Life Under the Algorithm

Dissent Magazine, Veena Dubal and Katie J. Wells, Fall 2026 · dissentmagazine.org

Article1 month ago

Anthropic Consults Religion on AI Consciousness

Axios · axios.com

Article1 month ago

Auto mechanic businesses growing

The Wall Street Journal via Numlock · open.substack.com

Article1 month ago

Quote from Henry Miller

Henry Miller Memorial Library via James Clear · henrymiller21stcentury.com

Note1 month ago

Photos

Things I've photographed

Virginia

Photos13 photos

Things I've read

Cover of Think Again by Adam Grant

Think Again

Cover of The Lessons of History

The Lessons of History

Will Durant and Ariel Durant

Cover of Nudge by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein

Nudge

Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein

Cover of Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris

Happy-Go-Lucky

Cover of Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

Haunted

Chuck Palahniuk

Cover of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

The Midnight Library

Links

Things made by others

Webcurios

The Webcurios Dude · webcurios.co.uk

Newsletter6 days ago

One Minute Park

Elliott Cost and Contributors · oneminutepark.tv

Website1 month ago

Archive of Archives

Self-Help Publishing Empire · archiveofarchives.com

Website1 month ago

Any Human Ever

anyhumanever.com

Website1 month ago

Projects

Things I made

Infopedia 2.0 CD-ROM

In the 90's CD-ROM encyclopedias seemed to contain the whole world's knowledge. I re-created this one on the web.

ProjectActive5 days ago

Lexcannon. Or is it Lexcanon?

A niche tool for Virginia lawyers that gets far more use than I ever thought it would, and now I have no idea what to do with it.

ProjectOngoing1 month ago

Jury Theme: AI Powered Theme Generator for Mock Trials

A toy web app I made a few years ago to help me learn how to use AI model calls.

ProjectPast1 month ago

All The Things

See more of my collection of imperfect notes, articles, and ideas growing slowly over time. See more