For New Readers

This is a start page for writing by me (Venkatesh Rao) on this blog. For writing by guests, check out the Contributors page. I started it in 2007 (here’s some background), and as of February 2022, it has 1061 posts totaling almost 2 million words. For an easier introduction, try my ebook collections. Here are some of my better-known posts:

  1. The Gervais Principle
  2. A Big Little Idea Called Legibility
  3. Welcome to the Future Nauseous
  4. King Ruinous and the City of Darkness
  5. The Premium Mediocre Life of Maya Millennial
  6. The Internet of Beefs

Ready to binge?

The ribbonfarm archives are organized into 6-year-long “ages”. We are currently in the last year of the third age of ribbonfarm, (2019-2024), the Charnel Age.

If you want some reading inspiration, check out the Now Reading page, where I track what I am reading.