Language and the Word (with a Capital "W"): A Conversation with Nick Capone

I sat down with Nick Capone to talk about rhetoric, language, artificial intelligence, and the Word with a capital "W."

Nov 19 • 

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It’s a Tool, It’s a Medium… It’s a Bomb?

A Response to Roy and Stephenson on Our Metaphors for the Internet

Nov 5 • 

Anna Bonanno

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October 2025

Necessitous Versus Symbolic Labor

The meaning of work in an age of automation, from CNC sculptures to AI data centers

Oct 15 • 

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September 2025

Mr. Productive Pants

A short story about an entrepreneur's struggle to create Value

Sep 25 • 

Justin Bonanno

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Every Classroom Needs a Purpose

A defense of the liberal arts in response to Dr. Michael Martin

Sep 17 • 

Justin Bonanno

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Peg’s Midwife

What happens when AI delivers your baby

Sep 2 • 

Anna Bonanno

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August 2025

How To Be More Thoughtful About AI: A Book Review of Karen Hao’s New Empire of AI

Porn in the data, Bill Gates, and Koko the gorilla

Aug 22 • 

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The Voice of a Skeptic: Gary Marcus and the Rhetoric of AI

Arguing about the limits of LLMs

Aug 15 • 

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The Innocent A-Eye

AI generated images are creating an environment where we can't trust what we see

Aug 5 • 

Justin Bonanno

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July 2025

Von Interviews Altman: The Rhetoric of Progress

The arc of history bends upward, apparently

Jul 31 • 

Justin Bonanno

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The AI Flattery Machine

The digital Yes Man, the algorithmic brown noser

Jul 29 • 

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Carr’s Superbloom (2025): A tale of naivete and technological optimism

What I learned and how to build on his ideas

Jul 24 • 

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