Writings and rehearsals by Nathan Schneider

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  • The U.S. government is at war with the Catholic Church

    The U.S. government is at war with the Catholic Church

    My latest piece in America Magazine lays bare the extent to which US government policy seems to be going in outright opposition to decades of Catholic teaching—particularly on climate, war, and civil discourse. Catholics, we cannot participate in this: https://www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2026/03/19/government-trump-america-catholic-church/

  • I’m organizing a panel at 4S!

    I’m organizing a panel at 4S!

    For the first time, I’m organizing a panel at 4S, the Society for Social Studies of Science, in Toronto. I love this conference. If you do too, please consider submitting a paper! https://www.4sonline.org/accepted_open_panels_toronto.php

  • ETHBoulder talk published

    ETHBoulder talk published

    My talk and the new ETHBoulder conference is now up—”From Determinism to Determinism in Online Governance”: https://x.com/ethereumboulder/status/2022687420194427344 More or less the written version is here: https://nathanschneider.info/2026/02/constitutional-agents-for-online-governance/

  • On Claude’s Constitution

    My latest in America Magazine: Why Anthropic treats its chatbot Claude like a person and apologizes to it for capitalism. https://www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2026/02/12/talking-to-claude-why-anthropic-treats-its-chatbot-like-a-person-and-not-a-tool/

  • Agentic coding mentor

    I’ve just pushed a simple AGENTS.md file that asks the agent to teach while it codes. https://git.medlab.host/ntnsndr/agentic-coding-mentor/

  • Mary is more than a mother

    Mary is more than a mother

    As Christmas approaches, I’ve been reflecting on the image of the Dormition of Mary—more common in the East than West. Why is Mary’s soul a nonbinary baby? https://www.americamagazine.org/faithinfocus/2025/12/12/mary-death-dormition-art/

  • Now Out: Collective Governance for AI

    Now Out: Collective Governance for AI

    AI doesn’t have to be run only by and for a few enormous companies. Just out from Metagov! A digital zine listing the MANY ways that people are trying to make AI more governable, accountable, and community-controlled: https://metagov.org/cg-ai/

  • On network nations with Audrey Tang

    On network nations with Audrey Tang

    Over the weekend, the GreenPill podcast dropped this conversation I had with one of the governance technologists I admire most, former Taiwan digital minister Audrey Tang: https://pod.link/1609313639/episode/NWRjNTkzZjEtNzczMS00Zjk1LTljMTUtYWQwZWRlMWFmM2Nl It is pretty sci-fi. But in times like these, sci-fi is at least part of what we need.

  • Deadline approaching: abstracts on AI imaginaries

    Deadline approaching: abstracts on AI imaginaries

    Abstracts due on 12/1: I’m editing a special issue of the Int’l Journal of Communication on “the imaginative landscape of AI.” Help us map the imaginaries of this stuff beyond the tech industry fluff: https://comai.space/en/call-for-papers-the-imaginative-landscape-of-ai-visions-positions-conflicts-2/

  • “Are Protocols Elite?” in Rythms

    “Are Protocols Elite?” in Rythms

    For a taste of what I’ve been working on this season, I have a new, tiny-little essay in the in-house journal of our Center for Media, Religion, and Culture, Rhythms: “Are Protocols Elite?” Based on a collab with Avery Edenfield. https://www.colorado.edu/cmrc/2025/11/06/rhythms-fall-2025-counter-media