Resisting the Drift

When the Work Went Away

What the Yup’ik People and Welsh Mining Towns Can Teach Us About AI and Universal Income

Oct 6 • 

Sarah Barker

2

Episode 8: When the Work Went Away

Listen now | This episode accompanies my essay When the Work Went Away. It traces what happens when meaningful labor disappears—from Yup’ik villages in…

Oct 6 • 

Sarah Barker

2

11:12

September 2025

Attention Is Not a Resource, It’s an Environment

....not quite.

Sep 24 • 

Sarah Barker

3

15:09

When Avoidance Becomes Hatred

On numbness, aversion, and the ripening of violence

Sep 19 • 

Sarah Barker

Episode 7: When Avoidance Becomes Hatred: An Audio Companion

This is the audio companion to my essay When Avoidance Becomes Hatred. It explores how numbness unfolds into aversion, and how Buddhist psychology and…

Sep 19 • 

Sarah Barker

13:03

July 2025

This Is Not Persuasion

How Advertising Works in 2025

Jul 17 • 

Sarah Barker

1

2

Craving the Disappearing Body

A Buddhist and Media Psychology Critique of Bulimia

Jul 10 • 

Sarah Barker

3

June 2025

Cry Me a River

What Tears Teach Us About the Mind...and the Heart

Jun 26 • 

Sarah Barker

2

2

Episode 6: What the Buddha Knew About Racism

Listen now (21 mins) | In this episode, I take a closer look at what the Buddha taught about racism, caste, and identity through the lens of early…

Jun 19 • 

Sarah Barker

21:44

What the Buddha Knew About Racism

...and classism, and sexism, and....

Jun 19 • 

Sarah Barker

5

13

The Detachment Model

Mark Zuckerberg as a case study in avoidance, disembodiment, and digital influence

Jun 6 • 

Sarah Barker

4

2

May 2025

Am I Complicit?

I use AI.

May 29 • 

Sarah Barker

2

9:11