Archive - 8Ball

retro-terraforming the world

things right now 56—week of 12.15.25

Dec 19, 2025 • Sean Monahan

2026 predictions

the year to come...

Dec 16, 2025 • Sean Monahan

our political crisis will end in 2035

27 years after the great recession, a new political paradigm will emerge

Dec 11, 2025 • Sean Monahan

meritocracy killed culture pt. 1

what's wrong with culture? everyone is dissatisfied. but why?

Dec 4, 2025 • Sean Monahan

November 2025

the semiquincentennial

things right now 55—11.24.25

Nov 26, 2025 • Sean Monahan

the great meme reset of 2026

things right now 55—week of 11.17.25

Nov 21, 2025 • Sean Monahan

8Ball Media Map

Nov 20, 2025 • Sean Monahan

the second techlash

the first was about collapsing consensus reality, the second will be about collapsing morality

Nov 13, 2025 • Sean Monahan

is new media a term we should still be using?

things right now 54—week of 11.10.25

Nov 11, 2025 • Sean Monahan

the emerging politics of our time

Nov 6, 2025 • Sean Monahan

the counter-elite wobbles

things right now 54—week of 11.03.25

Nov 5, 2025 • Sean Monahan

the last working class teens

things right now 53—week of 10.27.25

Nov 1, 2025 • Sean Monahan

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