Simon de la Rouviere 🇿🇦🇺🇲

Touching Grass in Azeroth: sceneswithsimon.com/p/touching-g... WoW: Forever's design choices mimic a similar trend IRL. Refocusing social dynamism against impersonal quality-of-life improvements. What lessons are in there?

As I'm wrapping up my 2nd book for querying, I'm thinking about the development of creative intuition. That's what I'm focusing on for the August newsletter! Enjoy! sceneswithsimon.com/p/intuition-...

As I'm wrapping up my 2nd book for querying, I'm thinking about the development of creative intuition. That's what I'm focusing on for the August newsletter! Enjoy! sceneswithsimon.com/p/intuition-...

Wrapping up 3 years of on and off writing on my second novel. I wrote up some extensive thoughts for it, for my July newsletter! Enjoy! sceneswithsimon.com/p/writing-a-...

What may hallways and enfilades (interconnecting rooms) teach us about today and the future? Enjoy the June newsletter! sceneswithsimon.com/p/on-the-inv...

What may hallways and enfilades (interconnecting rooms) teach us about today and the future? Enjoy the June newsletter! sceneswithsimon.com/p/on-the-inv...

April newsletter is out. Enjoy! A Roadway Design Detour Into Protocol Resolution and When To Do Nothing: sceneswithsimon.com/p/a-roadway-...

Good friends have a new game announcement out! A fun take on metroivania. Go wishlist!

Anyone here on bluesky going to AWP Conference this weekend in Baltimore?

This Essay Shouldn't Go Viral: sceneswithsimon.com/p/this-essay...

Back with a new monthly newsletter! This month, among other things are full of: algorithms, boredom, AI coding, seriousness, and aesthetics in the 21st century. Multiple essays, multiple links, many things. Enjoy! sceneswithsimon.com/p/a-long-dri...

Last newsletter for the year. A roundup and retro. Enjoy. sceneswithsimon.com/p/things-i-e...

The critique of the algocene through Beeple and onchain art: sceneswithsimon.com/p/the-critiq...

This is a small change with a massive impact. Seriously hope this gets done. 🤞

Anyone know where to look for info on prospective delays/cancellations for flying in the US while the ATC shortage and government shutdowns continue?

Enjoy my latest Sunday newsletter. Dove deeper into the UMG / Udio deal. sceneswithsimon.com/p/umg-deals-...

I was curious why Substack's revenue curve looks the way it does. Not 100% on the reasoning why. But there's interesting suggestions. sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

Whoops. Forgot to post last week's newsletter. Play in Storytelling. Enjoy! :) sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

New Sunday Edition is out! On The Crisis of Cool. Enjoy! sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

New Sunday Edition! Talking about social media decline, stablecoins, Ocean Vuong, Hades 2, and more fun things. Enjoy! sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

New Sunday Edition is out. Enjoy! :) Sunday Edition #17 - Too Much Information and the Loss of Dynamism sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

Sunday Edition #16 - Social Systems Scaling sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

Just in time before the US Open Men's Final. Enjoy the latest Sunday Edition! :) sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

Big thanks to Simon for highlighting my 'Exit through the Casino' post in his newsletter this week. "Jay is one of my favourite linguistics wranglers, coming up or arriving at terms which so neatly encapsulate concepts or ideas." 🤗

Sunday Edition #13 - Co-Composting Collaboration: sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi... Enjoy!

Instead of just seeing generative AI as a way to shortcut process, I tried sketching a vision for what it might actually be good for in terms of its medium. It's not a replacement of media we know and love. Written in collab. sceneswithsimon.com/p/a-vision-o...

Latest Sunday Edition is out. Enjoy! Rethinking Cinema (by Making It More Communal) - sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

Sunday Edition #11 - The First Ten to Fifty Pages. Enjoy! sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

Sunday Edition #10 - On The Decline of Conscientiousness (also ht to Night Tapes for always having amazing music video thumbnails!): sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

New Sunday Edition is out. Building Better Courtyards. Enjoy! sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

I *really* don't get how mega-budget films like Avengers: Doomsday don't shoot with a finished script. Sounds like a recipe for disaster. Why gamble like that?

Wrote about my feelings about Ethereum a decade later. Not entirely happy with where the crypto space has gone in general. We need more cypherpunk and we need people to just, be better. sceneswithsimon.com/p/a-sober-re...

Latest Sunday Edition is out. Translations and Ekphrastic Writing on Digital Art. Enjoy! sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

Sunday Edition #7 - Solaris (1972) vs Solaris (2002) sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

Sunday Edition 6: On Modifying Memories. sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

Latest newsletter is out. Bit thin this week as I'm enjoying time off and road tripping through California. 🤗 sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

New Sunday Edition is out. People are talking about the decline of literary fiction again. sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

Ranked choice voting is good and I really hope we can see more of that at larger scales.

New essay. Treat the ego as a venue. sceneswithsimon.com/p/ego-as-venue

Sunday Edition #3 - Artist Corporations. Enjoy! sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

Sunday Edition #2 - A Review of Abundance, Mario Kart World, and Office-to- sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

One of the reasons I adore ranked choice voting. Cross-endorsing is incentivized.

My mega post about walking the Camino Frances for 22 days is live. In 3 parts. I share my personal journey of grief and acceptance, talk about the future, and share some tips and lessons. Hope it helps others also going through grief. sceneswithsimon.com/p/my-500km-w...

First newsletter since April. Going to be changing it up a bit. More casual. With essays being entirely separate. Hi! 👋 sceneswithsimon.com/p/the-sunday...

Hoping to soon start querying for agents with my second novel. If you're a published author (or agent), I would love to chat/talk and get advice. 🙏

After ~119 weekly newsletters (posting every Sunday), I’m taking a hiatus as I go on a long walking trip through Spain. Taking this opportunity to thank everyone who’s been reading. :) sceneswithsimon.com/p/on-walking

Seeing fellow Star Wars fans making the trek to Japan for Celebration. Lots of happy and excited faces. Going to the one in London 2 years ago was magical. Enjoy! :)

Been wondering more about the rise of using LLM chatbots as therapy. Curious to hear your thoughts. I covered it on my recent newsletter: sceneswithsimon.com/p/the-therap...