⚡ Kernel Issue 2 Is Now Online!

Read the full magazine at kernelmag.io

Oct 12, 2022

It’s been one month since we launched Kernel Magazine’s second issue, and we’ve been floored by the response. From two sold-out launch parties in San Francisco and New York and an incredibly warm welcome online, it’s clear to us that there’s energy behind this line of thinking on progressive techno-optimism.

Today, we’re publishing all of Kernel Issue 2’s content online — 15 nonfiction essays, three fictional short stories, eight works of poetry, and four works of visual art.

Read Kernel Magazine online

(We’ve also gotten a bunch of requests about buying Kernel’s first issue, so we’re now selling those on our storefront too!)

📖 Table of Contents

Editor’s Note by Emily Liu

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🖨 Why print?

Most of our reading happens digitally anyways, so why would we want to introduce the logistical burden of a global paper shortage that can (and did) throw a wrench into our meticulously planned timeline?

I could list many reasons. We want to publish writing that will last; ideas that extend beyond the latest fad to analysis that will still ring true two, five, or ten years from now. The multiple months from pitch to publish force us to choose topics with longevity.

But our gut feeling here is that print just feels special. It’s special that we can hold a 1.4 pound artifact and feel the literal weight of six months’ worth of work. It’s special that I’ve seen someone reading the magazine in public, and that people are posting photos of Kernel on their bookshelves and coffee tables from all around the world. It feels special that these ideas and writings are quite literally being physically disseminated.

We publish Kernel essays online to increase accessibility and readership, but I’d love for Kernel to reach your home too through a purchase of the physical magazine. Your support makes this project possible — we have ambitions to increase compensation for our authors and contributors, scale up our distribution in bookstores and college campuses, organize more in-person events, and more.

Purchase Kernel Issue 2

If you’ve already purchased a copy, thank you — and share a photo of the magazine on your bookshelf and tag us @kernel_magazine!

Buy the bundle

We just updated our online storefront to include Kernel’s first issue ($10 for students, $20 for professionals) as well as a bundle discount for both issues ($25 for students, $50 for professionals).

Kernel Issue 1 + 2 Bundle Discount: covers of Kernel’s first and second issue

Visit Kernel storefront

Expense Kernel

If your company has an education budget, consider submitting an expense request for Kernel. If you need to ask your manager, we have a template written for you already.

If the price is otherwise prohibitive for you, please reach out to me at emily@joinreboot.org.

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