Archive - Hidden Frequencies

A forgotten tale of a tramp printer down on his luck

Before chatbots and content farms, the penny press was generating slop at industrial scale. What the nineteenth century can teach us about today’s AI…

Dec 9 • Alex Wright

November 2025

A Brief History of Doomscrolling

News fatigue is nothing new

Nov 20 • Alex Wright

Palaces in the Cloud

On memory, machines, and the forgotten art of medieval mnemonics

Nov 4 • Alex Wright

October 2025

Welcome to Hidden Frequencies

Tracing the deep history of the digital age

Oct 30 • Alex Wright

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