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Warning: this post is possibly cognitohazardous to sensitive psychasthenics. 👁️ I don’t need to tell you that you’re being watched. We’ve known for decades we’re being surveilled by governments and corporations; our only solace as they hoard our data has been the bottleneck of analytical power. This will not last. 👁️ AI is poised to […]
Team 1 It’s dizzying how much I’m indebted to you. Not only have you written one of the great works of internet fiction, but you’ve put more effort into the scene than anyone else — great things move through your hands and under your auspices. I was shy to meet you in-person but you’ve turned […]
Short-form video content is a huge passion of mine: my 2k-word review of Instagram Reels argues it’s the greatest artform of the 21st century. Soon, plzdontkillus will bring AI safety to TikTok — and as a high-screentime (read: naturally aristocratic) zoomer myself, I have some thoughts on the subject. What follows is a dashed-off list […]
A month’s devotion to art and acculturation, and now I have to study. I’m told I’m intelligent … why is it, then, that I stare at this textbook and feel so cosmically frustrated at my own stupidity? Because I’ve read this before, years ago, but now I fumble through exercises that were once second nature. […]
We’re in the death throes, now. Beasts like Inkhaven don’t go down easy. There’s a madness in the air. Ancient cultures commemorated the cold months with sacred rites, merry festivities, and human sacrifice … so too for this last week, the winter of April — with the Inkhaven Fair! For the month of April, 55 […]
I know you. You think you’re too good for the algorithmic short-form video apps. You read books and blogs. You’re a literateur. Intelligent. Well-read. You know what you are? Ignorant. Close-minded. And you are missing out. Everyone loses their mind about how much time people spend scrolling on these apps. Worthless brainrot slop, is it? […]
Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong. Holy holy holy I want to punch that smug face what a condescending ass. Now for reasons of NUANCE I point out that there’s a motte and bailey here; the macro can be construed descriptively or prescriptively. There’s a world of difference between: And NUANCE demands of me that I […]
At thirteen, while my peers played ninepins and studied the blade, I engaged in a vast survey of the Oriental literatures. This of course qualifies me completely to speak on the character and pathologies of entire nations. Epistemic status one thousand. Now, some would try to convince you that Natsume Soseki captures the soul of […]
Hank Green argues that he prefers the theology of the Warrior Cats children’s books over that of monotheism: It’s a neat video, but I think he’s very wrong about many of the things he says. I have three objections. If you’re not familiar with the series, Warrior Cats features ancestor worship. When cats die they […]
I’ve replaced myself with a picoshakespeare of monkeys (the budget option) to free myself up for social butterflights — pologies to my three readers. I’m drowning in ideas, but not so many which I can do justice in a day’s work. My magnum opus for the month is in the pipeline, but scraping the sides. […]