Archive - Contraptions

Summer 2025 U.S. Vibe Brief

A contemporary sentiment and vibe map of the US with o3

16 hrs ago •

Occam’s Shaving Cream

And other joy-sparking nuggets

Jul 20 •

The Beekeeper's Dilemma

The Great Detective ponders retirement

Jul 13 •

Tripwire Minds, Clockwork Days

There is no healthy lifestyle formula for creative production

Jul 10 •

Be History or Do History?

The be somebody/do something fork in relating to history

Jul 5 •

June 2025

The Modernity Machine II

A book club update.

Jun 28 •

The Dilemma of the Pacifist Lion

The evolving view from the foxy B-plot of history

Jun 22 •

Prompting is Managing

No, LLMs aren't creating “Cognitive Debt”

Jun 19 •

Not Just a Camera, Not Just an Engine

Rejecting blind builder and helpless witness narratives in favor of constitutive narratives

Jun 14 •

The Right Side of History

Or why I'm posting through the Gramsci Gap

Jun 7 •

Traveling, Thinking, and Thinking About Traveling

Turns out, I'm not actually nomadic by temperament

Jun 1 •

May 2025

Three Pieces, May 2025

Bad crypto threatening good crypto, two protocol fictions

May 25 •

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