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markcarrigan.net is the personal blog and writing site of Mark Carrigan, running since 2010 under the tagline "Raiding the inarticulate." It is a long-form commentary site rather than a news outlet or product page: posts mix short reflections with essays on higher education, AI, scholarly publishing, social theory, and technology culture. If you want to follow one academic's running argument about how AI is reshaping universities and intellectual work, this is the place; if you need peer-reviewed research, institutional policy documents, or a general AI news feed, it is not.
Who runs it and what it covers
The site is written in the first person by Mark Carrigan and is dominated by his own reading, writing, and teaching interests. Recurring subject areas visible in the post archive include:
- AI in higher education — assessment integrity, student AI use, institutional strategy, and the risks of adopting AI too quickly.
- Scholarly publishing and the university — publishing futures, "enshittification," and how AI vendors target public institutions.
- Language models and writing — prompting, LLM-assisted writing, LLM-written Substacks, and what models do to authorship.
- Social theory and philosophy — Kristeva, the collapse of meaning, and social theory's response to ecological decline.
- Technology culture and personal reflection — techno music, running, productivity tools, and periodic personal updates.
What you'll actually find on the page
The homepage is a stream of recent posts and announcements rather than a static "about" page. Current items include:
| Item | What it is |
|---|---|
| The AI Crisis in Higher Education: A Strategic Proposal | A book announcement, described as out open access |
| "Things I've read in 2026" | A recurring reading-list post |
| "Low tech, no tech pedagogy…" | An essay on protecting foundational knowledge from cognitive outsourcing |
| "The two phases of the AI and assessment integrity in literature" | A literature-focused post |
| Interview with the Omnishow | A conversation on productivity, writing, and creativity |
Post lengths vary widely — some are a few lines, others are developed arguments. Titles are often allusive or lyrical ("I know my thoughts but I can't hide them," "Don't be a meat proxy for an LLM"), so the archive rewards browsing by theme rather than by headline alone.
Following updates
The page shows subscription-related signals (the words "subscribe"/"subscription" appear), so there is a way to follow new posts — but the site itself does not state a price or a login requirement in the material available here. Treat subscription as the intended route for updates and check the site directly for its current terms rather than assuming it is free or gated.
When this site is useful to you
- You're researching AI's impact on universities and want one scholar's sustained, opinionated commentary to read alongside formal literature.
- You write or teach and want arguments about assessment, prompting, and cognitive outsourcing that you can react to.
- You follow academic publishing debates and want posts connecting AI, publishing, and institutional strategy.
Skip it if you need citable empirical studies, official policy, or neutral news coverage — this is a personal essay site, and its value is in the argument and the reading trail, not in being an authoritative reference.