Sean Miller

Sean Miller is the author of Strung Together: The Cultural Currency of String Theory as a Scientific Imaginary, from the University of Michigan Press. He's working on a book about the science versus religion debate.
The Empire of Scientism Strikes Back

The Empire of Scientism Strikes Back

Despite what Steven Pinker has claimed in his epic debate with Leon Wieseltier in The New Republic, science is less Theory of Everything and more Harper's "Findings".
The Brilliant Failure of Miranda July’s Social Media App ‘Somebody’

The Brilliant Failure of Miranda July’s Social Media App ‘Somebody’

On its website, Miranda July’s social media app Somebody is described as the “antithesis of the utilitarian efficiency that tech promises”.

Considering Twitter: An Interview with App Artist Nora Reed

Considering Twitter: An Interview with App Artist Nora Reed

Twitter is a place where bots prevail. And where they don't rule, people, acting like bots, rule. This uneasy person-bot rapprochement offers a fertile space for artistic exploration.
The Intriguing Potential of ‘Cornbread’

The Intriguing Potential of ‘Cornbread’

Cornbread is an app that lets you drop virtual graffiti all over town. The idea is simple, yet full of possibilities.
‘No God But Funny’ and ‘Earth Angel’ Are Preaching to the Choir

‘No God But Funny’ and ‘Earth Angel’ Are Preaching to the Choir

It's challenging enough to write good comedy. It's nearly impossible to do so burdened with an agenda, even one as innocuous as featuring a "likeable atheist" as the protagonist.
Object-Oriented Poetry: An Interview with App Artist Seth Carnes

Object-Oriented Poetry: An Interview with App Artist Seth Carnes

PopMatters talks to Seth Carnes, developer of the art app, Poetics.
No One Wants You to Become an (App) Artist

No One Wants You to Become an (App) Artist

So where can we exiled life-of-the-minders, expunged from the academic system as waste, take our once-cloistered but now liberated creativity?
Five Obstacles That App Artists Face

Five Obstacles That App Artists Face

An opportunity presents itself now for a new kind of art, an art that takes the Minotaur of our times, the internet, by the horns and twists it back in on itself. What we need are more app artists.
A Public Service Announcement From Your Future AI Overlords

A Public Service Announcement From Your Future AI Overlords

Perhaps what worries Stephen Hawking and his fear mongering colleagues is not some hostile Other like Agent Smith from The Matrix, but the more pedestrian Other that is other people.
Why Aren’t More Artists Working in the Medium of the Mobile App?

Why Aren’t More Artists Working in the Medium of the Mobile App?

Recently, I began looking for developers who design and publish apps with the specific intention of making them artistic. As it turns out, there's not much out there.
What’s So Funny About Atheism?

What’s So Funny About Atheism?

Since New Atheists have done a stand-up job of elucidating the illusions of religious belief, why not point out some of the logical absurdities of atheism?
Someone Else’s South America: Louis C. K. Considers Life on Other Planets

Someone Else’s South America: Louis C. K. Considers Life on Other Planets

Louie knows that if we do, ever, really encounter aliens, they're sure as hell not going to bend over backwards to accommodate our point of view.