The cartoons, diagrams and visual side-eyes that accompany The Modern Hermit. Choose a subject or browse the latest sketches. Every image opens the article it belongs to.
Latest sketches
Rental Family (2025): Japan, impostor syndrome, and 8 million gods
Smart-Dumb AI: Layoffs Now, Rehires Later
“You’re Lucky to Have a Job”: Pay Rises in Robotland Ltd
Elon Musk: The Everything App for Everything Going Wrong
Gosh Algorithms: Alien Talk, Quantum, and the Reward Bill
Musk’s “Work Optional” Utopia: Optional Work, Mandatory Obedience
AI Abundance: The Trillionaire’s Guide to Saving Themselves
Even If This Love Disappears Tonight (2025): Seoul vs UK Cinema
Thinking vs Belief: Silicon Brains, Ancient Souls, Same Mess
Trump’s 24-Hour ‘Peace Plan’ Is Fast Surrender – Ukraine – Civil War Rehearsal At Home
AGI Fever: Quantum Choices in a Trillionaire VR Cage
AI Is Not Magic Yet – It Is a Turbocharged Parrot
Smart AI? No – Just Leaderboards, Hype, and Panic Buttons
AI as a translator, and a toll booth for everything else
Code Red, Code Green: Altman, Google, AGI and the IQ Myth
