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graphic designer and Fast Company columnist on authorship and judgment in an age of infinite output."},{"id":"sub-elon-musk","label":"Elon Musk","type":"subject","seoSlug":"elon-musk","excerpt":"Owner of X, framed as a Hearst-like media baron in the press-vs-tech war over citizen journalism."},{"id":"sub-emily-sundberg","label":"Emily Sundberg","type":"subject","url":"https://www.readfeedme.com/","seoSlug":"emily-sundberg","excerpt":"Writer of Feed Me, the morning newsletter tech people read; friend and frequent collaborator of Dylan's."},{"id":"sub-eugene","label":"Eugene Whang","type":"subject","url":"https://www.instagram.com/eugenewhang/","seoSlug":"eugene-whang","excerpt":"Industrial designer and DJ; founder of record label Public Release and feeling; two decades on Jony Ive's design team at Apple."},{"id":"sub-eugenia-kuyda","label":"Eugenia Kuyda","type":"subject","url":"https://wabi.ai/@kuyda","seoSlug":"eugenia-kuyda","excerpt":"Moscow-born founder and CEO of Wabi (personal software platform) and earlier Replika, the AI companion app."},{"id":"sub-evan-obrien","label":"Evan O'Brien","type":"subject","seoSlug":"evan-obrien","excerpt":"Artist who collaborated with Mieke Marple on the painting ENJOY!!!!!!! (2026)."},{"id":"sub-francesca-sonara","label":"Francesca Sonara","type":"subject","url":"https://www.timesny.org/","seoSlug":"francesca-sonara","excerpt":"Curator, collector, and arts philanthropist; co-founder of times nonprofit arts centre in New York."},{"id":"sub-fred-turner","label":"Fred Turner","type":"subject","url":"https://comm.stanford.edu/people/fred-turner","seoSlug":"fred-turner","excerpt":"Stanford professor of communication; author of From Counterculture to Cyberculture."},{"id":"sub-gehry","label":"Frank Gehry","type":"subject","seoSlug":"frank-gehry","excerpt":"Architect Tom Sachs worked for early in his career."},{"id":"sub-howard-hughes","label":"Howard Hughes","type":"subject","seoSlug":"howard-hughes","excerpt":"Aviator-mogul whose ties to cinema and the aerospace/war industry shaped Southern California culture."},{"id":"sub-jasmine-sun","label":"Jasmine Sun","type":"subject","url":"https://jasmi.news/","seoSlug":"jasmine-sun","excerpt":"Writer and technologist; contributing writer at The Atlantic, author of an 'anthropology of disruption' Substack."},{"id":"sub-jason-yuan","label":"Jason Yuan","type":"subject","url":"https://x.com/jasonyuan","seoSlug":"jason-yuan","excerpt":"Founder of HIVEMIND; formerly co-founded New Computer (Dot) and designed on Apple's Human Interface team."},{"id":"sub-jean-nipon","label":"Jean Nipon","type":"subject","url":"https://www.instagram.com/jean.nipon/","seoSlug":"jean-nipon","excerpt":"Artist making colored-pencil, Renaissance-esque works Dylan is watching."},{"id":"sub-jen-vanegas-rocha","label":"Jen Vanegas Rocha","type":"subject","url":"https://www.thebroad.org/","seoSlug":"jen-vanegas-rocha","excerpt":"Assistant Curator at The Broad, Los Angeles; co-curator of Desire, Knowledge, and Hope."},{"id":"sub-john-coogan","label":"John Coogan","type":"subject","seoSlug":"john-coogan","excerpt":"Co-host of TBPN."},{"id":"sub-jonathan-anderson","label":"Jonathan Anderson","type":"subject","seoSlug":"jonathan-anderson","excerpt":"Creative director whose cultural capital became the 'orienting compass' that transformed Loewe."},{"id":"sub-jony-ive","label":"Jony Ive","type":"subject","seoSlug":"jony-ive","excerpt":"Designer who led Apple's design team for decades and founded LoveFrom; Eugene's longtime mentor."},{"id":"sub-jordi-hays","label":"Jordi Hays","type":"subject","seoSlug":"jordi-hays","excerpt":"Co-host of TBPN."},{"id":"sub-julia-black","label":"Julia Black","type":"subject","url":"https://www.abilliontoone.com","seoSlug":"julia-black","excerpt":"Writer of A Billion to One; her tech profiles read like screenplays."},{"id":"sub-katherine-frazer","label":"Katherine Frazer","type":"subject","seoSlug":"katherine-frazer","excerpt":"Artist and product designer at Apple; joined Rhizome's Board of Directors in 2026."},{"id":"sub-kevin-mccoy","label":"Kevin McCoy","type":"subject","seoSlug":"kevin-mccoy","excerpt":"Artist who at Rhizome's 2014 7×7 hackathon made what's popularly described as the first NFT."},{"id":"sub-klosterman","label":"Chuck Klosterman","type":"subject","url":"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/557048/the-nineties-by-chuck-klosterman/","seoSlug":"chuck-klosterman","excerpt":"Critic and author of The Nineties, cited as a touchstone for the book's framing."},{"id":"sub-koolhaas","label":"Rem Koolhaas","type":"subject","seoSlug":"rem-koolhaas","excerpt":"Architect whose 2002 essay 'Junk Space' frames the affect-industrial complex's aesthetic commons that conceals its construction."},{"id":"sub-lady-gaga","label":"Lady Gaga","type":"subject","seoSlug":"lady-gaga","excerpt":"Pop artist whose track 'Just Dance' the writer recalls pirating onto his iPod."},{"id":"sub-lippard","label":"Lucy Lippard","type":"subject","seoSlug":"lucy-lippard","excerpt":"Critic and author of Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object."},{"id":"sub-lynn-hershman-leeson","label":"Lynn Hershman Leeson","type":"subject","seoSlug":"lynn-hershman-leeson","excerpt":"Artist paired with Eugenia at Rhizome's Seven on Seven (7x7) at the New Museum in 2024."},{"id":"sub-maritza-lerman-yoes","label":"Maritza Lerman Yoes","type":"subject","url":"https://futuretrashcan.com","seoSlug":"maritza-lerman-yoes","excerpt":"Founder and CEO of Future Trashcan, a cultural marketing studio at the intersection of technology and culture."},{"id":"sub-marx","label":"W. 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