Hammond Johns is a writer of fiction and analytical non-fiction whose work sits at the intersection of technology, culture, and what it means to be human in a world changing faster than we can think about it.His fiction — published on Substack and at Chaotic Rambling — imagines near-futures that feel uncomfortably close. The stories don't start with the technology; they start with the people inside it. A relationship warped by algorithmic grief. A compliance consultant navigating a surveillance economy. An operative who has lost the ability to form new memories. The worlds Johns builds are extrapolated by logic rather than fantasy, and the question he keeps returning to is what we're prepared to give up — and what we aren't.His non-fiction, published on Medium, takes a more direct approach to the same territory. He writes about AI without the hype and without the panic, applying economic frameworks to questions that most commentators treat as purely technical. His Barthes Scale essays examine how the relationship between creator and audience is being renegotiated in real time. His pieces on AI and labour challenge both the doomerists and the boosters.Johns writes slowly and publishes deliberately. He is sceptical of quick takes — including his own.Fiction — https://substack.com/@hammyj | Chaotic RamblingNon-fiction — https://medium.com/@hammond.a.johns