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Fall Break
Contraptions is going on hiatus
Sep 28
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The Band Theory of Societies
An extended physics metaphor for politics
Sep 25
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Gaslit Courage
When the impulse to virtue becomes an attack vector
Sep 20
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Beyond Szabo Scaling
Miniaturization and orchestration of human capabilities with AI and protocols
Sep 11
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Hysteresis and the Mark-Makers
The American center-left through the lens of Pierre Bourdieu’s theories
Sep 5
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Memento Salis
Prolegomena for any future digital saltspaces
Sep 3
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August 2025
Dark Age Stylesheet
Developing a visual style guide based on James Gunn's Superman
Aug 30
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A Tale of Four Supermans
A design history of the Superman franchise
Aug 30
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Towards the Cosmopolitan Supergrid
From Subprime Globalism to Cultural QE
Aug 27
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Art as Memory
On art forms as memory technologies
Aug 17
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Welcome to the Cosmopolis
A talk on Wednesday, a new big synthesis of stuff
Aug 12
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Tab Budget
Dark Age Microfiction #1
Aug 4
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