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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…
Aug 22
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Nick Merrill
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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…
Aug 18
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Nick Merrill
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IETF 117 - Fragmentation & concentration: Beyond "free" & "closed"
Beyond "free" & "closed"
Aug 14
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Nick Merrill
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July 2023
Language of command
AI, work, and the end of the world
Jul 28
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Nick Merrill
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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…
Jul 14
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Nick Merrill
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Steganography: the sleeping giant
Why regulating encryption will lead policymakers to your cellphone
Jul 7
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Nick Merrill
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June 2023
Taiwan & the internet during world war
Adapted from a talk at the U.S./Taiwan Science & Technology Cooperation Dialogue
Jun 2
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Nick Merrill
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May 2023
Will AI replace 'knowledge workers'?
I’ve been hesitant to wade into the AI cycle. But here we go. Will AI replace “knowledge workers?” Large language models, like GPT-4, learn from…
May 12
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Nick Merrill
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April 2023
The ocean, the flood
When I think about the internet, I think about the ocean. Look down: no bottom. Look out: no end. It can swallow you up. Filled with beasts—a beast…
Apr 9
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Nick Merrill
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March 2023
What Cybersecurity Is and Why You Should Make It Your Life
Chaos is all around us. Can you feel it? It’s the still-running toilet, the drip in your sink. It’s the package that still hasn’t arrived, the text…
Mar 3
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January 2023
How I Write
I write at my desk with a pen in hand, and sun, and nothing. Who would have guessed? All those years at a keyboard, and I arrive at this. A center more…
Jan 31
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Nick Merrill
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Why I've Been Offline
I'm sorry I've been slow to reply. I used to have a fast turnaround time on messages. Now I don't. I haven't been online as much. By my estimates, I…
Jan 26
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Nick Merrill
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