Archive - Joe's Journal

Invisible rockstars and secret sex dolls — 1-Hour Writing Challenge

TODAY’S PROMPT: Write a story about an everyday member of suburbia and their unusual, behind-closed-doors life.

Aug 14 •

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

15:30

Q&A: What music did I listen to while shooting 500 Days, Inception, 10 Things..?

Answering your questions off the top of my head

Aug 8 •

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

9:57

AI, compromise, capitalism, and Super Pumped with Matthew Yglesias

A conversation with one of my favorite Substack writers

Aug 6 •

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

and

Matthew Yglesias

On AI and Copyright, Trump Is Groveling Before Big Tech and Selling Out Working Americans

It’s not just creatives threatened by Silicon Valley’s ethically questionable business model.

Aug 2 •

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

July 2025

My top 10 movies of the 21st century in conversation with Max Read

Lincoln and the necessity of compromise, Wall-E and AI's "alignment problem", and what Tom Hanks's murderous thief in The Ladykillers has in common with…

Jul 1 •

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

and

1:16:13

June 2025

A little shot of hope and optimism the other day from the United Nations

I got to speak about AI at their annual Internet Governance Forum (my first time at a UN thing 🤩)

Jun 26 •

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

4:57

Sure, let's accelerate building AI, but can we also steer?

Whenever anyone mentions guardrails for AI, someone else objects, "No, we have to go fast!" But just because we're going fast doesn't mean we're going…

Jun 13 •

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

8:20

In the age of AI, making money is Punk Rock

When I was young, any focus on money was seen as selling out to big corporations. Now, we need to stand together against much bigger corporations who…

Jun 6 •

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

19:09

May 2025

Q&A: Is it really fair to compare Trump to the Nazis?

On set during lunch break, talking off-the-cuff in response to questions and comments from my last few posts.

May 30 •

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

13:13

April 2025

Taking time to do nothing is like a good dramatic pause

But there’s a big difference between mindful stillness and mindless stimulation.

Apr 19 •

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

6:17

I got to play Young Mr. Burns on The Simpsons!

Finding the right voice somewhere on a spectrum between me and Monty.

Apr 6 •

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

6:33

March 2025

AI companies want to legalize theft

Big Tech’s newest products would be worth $0 without everyone’s data, but they don’t want to pay for it.

Mar 26 •

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

9:44

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