Welcome to the Operation: Human Archive
Welcome to the archive!
Operation: Human is the only science-backed weekly email dedicated to growing your human intelligence in the age of AI.
Each issue features three prompts to develop your intuition, emotion, and commonsense.
Together, they power your imagination in ways a computer never could.
Issue 40
On Revitalizing Your Future with Gabriel García Marquéz and Josiah Wedgwood.
Meninas by Sarah Affonso (1928)
Issue 39
On Activating Curiosity with Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood and Catherine the Great.
The Trapper by Rockwell Kent (1921)
Issue 38
On Clearing Your Mind with Dylan's Don't Think Twice and “Auntie” Sue Min
Path in the Snow by Eyvind Earle (1916-2000)
Issue 37
On Finding Optimism in Chaplin’s The Gold Rush and John Deere.
Ming Smith, Grace Jones, Studio 54 (1970s)
Issue 35
Issue 35: On Believing Your Dreams Can Come True with I Love Lucy and LeVar Burton.
Diego Rivera, Niña con muñeca de trapo, 1939
Issue 34
Issue 34: On Regret with Joni Mitchell and John Hancock
A Red Umbrella in the Snow by Saul Leiter (1955)