Trapped in a demonic web

This week we talk to Jordan Castro about The Novelist, his debut novel. It’s the only book we’ve seen that comes close to conveying the lived experience of being on the Internet. In a way the book complements Yasha’s Surveillance Valley — describing in spirit the fake world that our military-industrial tech overlords trapped us all in. We discuss a bunch of things: God, PKD, addiction, writing, social media influencers living in parasitic life force sucking symbiosis with their passive online fans…—The Russians This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit yasha.substack.com/subscribe