Archive - Scenes with Simon

February 2025

On Certainty and Complexity

Also: Metalabel Book Publishing, Massive Minecraft Worlds, and Ranked Choice Voting in 2024

Feb 23 •

Simon de la Rouviere

Exoplanets, Protocolized Fiction, and Weirder Fantasy Maps

A shorter newsletter for this week as I’ve been mostly focused on getting as much writing done as possible.

Feb 16 •

Simon de la Rouviere

The Peak Size of Agentic AI Mega Firms

Also: Magic, Book Sculptures, and Spacetime Maps

Feb 9 •

Simon de la Rouviere

Post-Modernity in Fast Networked Cities and Slow Physical Worlds

The fast and slow worlds of 2700

Feb 2 •

Simon de la Rouviere

January 2025

Posting Less, Brooklyns of Everywhere, and Simulated Sports Broadcasting Rights

Also: Severance, Country Grunge, and Running Novelists

Jan 26 •

Simon de la Rouviere

Too Many Cameras and the US TikTok Ban

Also: Switch 2, More NYC Congestion Pricing Stats, and The Unavoidable Meta of Optimization in Gaming

Jan 19 •

Simon de la Rouviere

Congestion Pricing & Making People Feel Your Systems

Also: Onchain Match 3, Pop-Up Cities, and Questioning Subscription Models

Jan 12 •

Simon de la Rouviere

Time Off vs Creative Relaxing

Also: Creating Differently, Thinking in TV when Writing, and 2024 LLM Retro

Jan 5 •

Simon de la Rouviere

December 2024

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