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Neal Stephenson's Substack. Mostly about the intersection of tech and art, with some excursions, digressions, and tangents. I will talk about projects I'm actively working on. I have a personal financial interest in some of those.
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Writing by Hand is Good for your Brain - Here's how to do it
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21 Jul 2026
Because I am known to write using a fountain pen on paper, a number of people have pointed me to this post and its underlying research. I won’t rehash what is said in those sources, but the gist of
Updates to Two Previous Posts
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18 Jul 2026
In November I made a post registering some objections to an article on the A16Z website claiming that some of my books stopped in mid-sentence.
The Sting in the National Anthem’s Tail
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4 Jul 2026
photo by AmericanButters - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=104151801
D Book Tour
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29 Jun 2026
Just a quick post here to mention the upcoming tour for my next book.
My Prodigal Brainchild
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23 Mar 2026
Reflections on the latest and greatest Death of the Metaverse
Stephenson impersonator; minor update
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5 Feb 2026
Just a quick note to mention that I’m being impersonated by someone using the email address “contactnealstephenson (at) gmail (dot) com” and sending out emails consisting of AI slop that I
KdK part 4: Carrière's amazing experiment
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3 Jan 2026
Spark gaps, smoked disks, sonic booms, and a guillotine
KdK part 2: a medical mystery from postwar Germany
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28 Dec 2025
Shortly after the end of the Second World War, a German man visited his eye doctor complaining of “floaters” — little specks drifting around in his field of vision.
KdK (Kinetik der Kontinua) part 1: Introduction
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28 Dec 2025
Whips, chains, and their possible relevance to space launch
A Remarkable Assertion from A16Z
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28 Nov 2025
A friend made me aware of a reading list from A16Z containing recommendations for books, weighted towards science fiction since that’s mostly what people there read.
Remarks on AI from NZ
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15 May 2025
Last week I participated in a panel discussion on AI as part of a private event in New Zealand.
