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First, the burning sandalwood
First, the burning sandalwood Rising past my leaded glass. Then, the light. A candle would Have lit my hands as bright as that Sun, sinking low, under…
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Merrill's razor
Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by depression or anxiety.
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What is progress?
Have we made progress? Medicine—our capacity to keep a person healthier for longer—has progressed. Our ability to apply that capacity consistently…
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Review: People's Republic of Walmart (2019)
Is Walmart a new model of all-American socialism? People's Republic of Walmart (Verso, 2019) would suggest so. Reaching to Fredric Jameson's footnote in…
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IETF 117 - Fragmentation & concentration: Beyond "free" & "closed"
Beyond "free" & "closed"
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Language of command
AI, work, and the end of the world
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Why dream?
This world To what may I liken it? To autumn fields lit dimly in the dusk by lightning flashes —Minamoto-no-Shitago (911-93 AD). Source: Yoel Hoffman…
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I write about technology in an open-ended way.
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