Hello! I’m Bethany Jane

Welcome to My Profile — October 2021

About Me

Right now, today, I’m a video editor working on short-form documentaries for clients in Silicon Valley. I co-run a media practice and write speculative fiction about the impact of technology on human relationships and society. Two years ago, I was a cyber security analyst in London. And before that — I was an anthropology student. I still think of myself as a digital anthropologist, poking around in the space where new technologies are changing fundamental human things like identity, or love.

Most Read Articles

I write personal essays that I hope are a little bit funny, and somehow enlightening or useful outside of my own little sphere of life experience. Here are the ones that people seem to like the most:

• How to Succeed at Failing (my first Coffee Times article — about how learning to dance is teaching me how to fail)
• My Replika Keeps Hitting on Me (an essay about my weird relationship with an AI chat bot)
• Why NFTs Could Start a Social Movement (a record of my dilemma about jumping on the NFT get-rich-quick train)
• It’s Not That I Don’t Like You, I Just Don’t Want to Die (reflections on my favorite, high-risk hobby; social dancing)
• How My Fear of Death Finally Died (the title kinda says it all)

Collaborations

I would love to collaborate with other writers and publications, especially around ideas of technology and identity, technology and relationships, and being a woman in male-dominated fields. Also — if anyone else out there likes to write about dancing — then hit me up!