Kyle Chayka Industries

How to survive a TikTok hit song

It's hard to be a musician on social media.

Aug 27 • 

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Labubus and the brainrot aesthetic

Why is everything so ugly and weird looking?

Aug 20 • 

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May 2025

How Algorithms Make Everything the Same with Carole Cadwalladr, Kyle Chayka & Yancey Strickler

A recording from Kyle Chayka and The Citizens's live video

May 9 • 

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The Citizens

, and 

Yancey Strickler

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February 2025

The history of techno-fascism

DOGE's parallels with 1930s Japan

Feb 28 • 

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Seeking distraction from Trump 2.0

Social media has changed since 2017.

Feb 20 • 

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Elon's AI coup

plus, my Grub Street Diary

Feb 14 • 

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March 2024

I'm in this week's New Yorker magazine!

My story on floating architecture, plus Filterworld updates.

Mar 31, 2024 • 

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January 2024

Filterworld is out! Reviews, podcasts, Q&As

Pick it up this week!

Jan 19, 2024 • 

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December 2023

My year in review

Plus book tour dates!

Dec 30, 2023 • 

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Essay: Minimalism, between art and life

Notes for a talk, & TLFL paperback.

Dec 5, 2023 • 

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November 2023

Two months til Filterworld / a new project

My book + a book spinoff.

Nov 19, 2023 • 

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Recent recs, books & otherwise

What I've been reading etc.

Nov 4, 2023 • 

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