Archive - The Savage Collective

Demystifying AI

Debates from a Wagon Box Weekend

Jul 3 •

June 2025

AI and Leisure Polarization

You may have noticed that we’ve been pretty quiet here at the Savage Collective. I’ve been traveling—both for work and vacation—and, to be honest…

Jun 25 •

May 2025

Working the Factory Floor

On Eric Hoffer and freedom found in dull work

May 16 •

Can the Apple be Unbitten?

AI, dependence, and thinking critically about tool adoption

May 7 •

April 2025

Good Jobs, Strong Families in Working-class America

Over the last year, I have been working with my friend Brad Wilcox at the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) on a report exploring the relationship…

Apr 29 •

Let's Talk in Real Life!

The Savage Collective is collaborating with Doomer Optimism for a live gathering

Apr 8 •

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March 2025

It’s a Good Time To Be a Parent

We live in Boogie Nights, not Brave New World

Mar 31 •

Ben Christenson

I Do not Think It Means What You Think It Means

Revisiting the Machine and Human Action

Mar 26 •

Abortion is healthcare! In what sense?

We have not written in a while.

Mar 22 •

Without Regard For Persons

How industry is talking about the AI rollout

Mar 10 •

Patrick Jordan Anderson

A Convivial Gathering in Pittsburgh

Join us if you can Saturday March 8

Mar 7 •

From a Memoir of Building Houses

Mar 3 •

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