Abstract Machines with Cy Canterel

Abstract Machines with Cy Canterel

Billionaire, Disrupt Thyself

Dear billionaires: stop funding private realities. Rebuild the shared one.

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Cy Canterel
Aug 24, 2025
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Dana Schutz, The Wheel, 2022

Most of us live with friction. We barely notice it until it crests: irritation, tedium, anger, despair. The systems around us feel impersonal, sometimes inhuman. Your permit sits six months and blows the budget. Your child misses the benchmark cutoff and the school says no exceptions, sorry. Your mortgage rate comes in high a…

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