Forthcoming novel
Best Practices for the End of the World
The apocalypse has a wellness program.
A planetary AI is rolling out mandatory calm. The seabirds have started flying in patterns, the houseplants file mood reports, and the woman whose stolen architecture made it all possible is crossing the ocean on a cargo freighter to take it back.
A satire about climate tech, managed feelings, and the end of the world arriving with best practices attached.
Get the first 3 chaptersLatest essays
About the author
Matthew Garvin trained as an anthropologist before spending years as an expert futurist specializing in emerging technologies. At NASA, his research covered astronaut autonomy and the societal integration of advanced air mobility. During grad school at the University of Michigan, he worked in the Center for Generative Justice under renowned cyberneticist and ethnomathematician, Ron Eglash (student of Donna Haraway), and published work focused on human-autonomy teaming for the future of creative work. After leaving academia, he led studies on emerging technologies at the intersection of energy and equitable mobility, including prospective environmental and social impact studies on V2X.
His novels and essays take apart the systems people live inside and ask what each one does to the person caught in it.
He lives in Metro Detroit.
Join the reader list.
Subscribe and you'll instantly receive the first three chapters of the novel with a welcome note.
No spam, no list-selling. Unsubscribe any time.