The 2002 film Simone was about a digital actress who people think is real, causing a global phenomenon. Jack Yan wonders if we have arrived at this technological point […]
Are we living in the era of Andrew Niccol’s Simone?
April 12, 2025/12.55
Tag: op–ed
All life calls for is basic courtesy
April 9, 2025/13.31
Jack Yan on how incivility occasionally creeps up in publishing—even though it’s bound to end in a lose–lose […]
The week: on Careless People, US exiting world affairs, and meritorious coverage
March 22, 2025/11.51
Jack Yan looks at the previous week, from a shout-out by a later Kiwi fashion website, to Sarah Wynn-Williams’s Careless People, to the world no longer seeing the US as having a role in global affairs […]
The innocent 2000s—do we want to go back?
December 29, 2024/10.38
Jack Yan asks: just where are we in the grand scheme? Is it time for community-based websites to spring up to guide us to good content and real innovation? […]
Moving past technology’s darker clouds
October 10, 2024/8.42
Having been so optimistic for many years, 2024 is when we have to sound more alarm bells about where technology is taking us, writes Jack Yan […]
The traditional celebrity is still with us, with legacy media playing a bigger role
August 20, 2024/12.17
The celebrity is far from dead, not supplanted by influencers—in part because the World Wide Web has been plagued with bots, and Google has failed to stem their tide, writes Jack Yan […]
Fashion-forwardness depends on a society that embraces innovation
August 1, 2024/13.31
There is a lack of differentiation among many corporate fashion brands—the excitement must come from either independent labels, or countries which are embracing the future, writes Jack Yan […]
ITVX’s Red Eye breaks ground in more than one way
June 22, 2024/13.00
It’s been over four decades since the UK had a police series led by an actor of Chinese descent, notes Jack Yan, and Red Eye breaks barriers in more ways than one […]
To our Sunday colleagues, you should still be on air
May 13, 2024/1.14
The final episode of Sunday has aired in New Zealand—a current affairs show that should, even if you follow the money, remain, says Jack Yan […]
February 26, 2024/9.20
Behind the scenes with Lucire founder and publisher Jack Yan, with an appeal for a family in Gaza, the difficulties of becoming an Amazon seller, and the hopelessness of AI-written stories […]
