Over 10,000 Hippie Communes Established in the Late 1960s and Early 1970s . . . Gone
Mostly gone, anyway. Why'd they disappear? Life was too freakin' hard. (Blog Post)
Topic
Technology
A collection of 178 issues
AI Can Build Great Things, but They're Inherently Fake and Crappy
Attraction to older women, square circles, halls of mirrors, Sam Kriss (Essay)
The Week in Review
Elon is Giving Away Money
The Week in Review
AI, Shrinking Campuses, Sweeney
Give Me Waymo or Give Me an 8-Track Player
I want smart features in the car about as much as I want a schoolmarm looking over my shoulder as I write this blog post. (Blog Post)
Facebook Will Now Time Out for Kids After Two Hours
Is this a lawsuit settement or a Viagra warning? (Blog Post)
QR Codes Aren't Evil
They just feel that way. We ought to be asking "why?"
Sam Kriss Will Come to Your House and Kill You
"And if I ever see any of you trying to palm off some bullshit about how sunlight smells of memories that leave no footsteps . . . I will come to your house and I’ll fucking kill you." Sam Kriss. Pope Leo agrees, at least in principle. (Essay)
Resist Tech Zeus!
Technological Progress is the Zeus of our culture. One moment, William Blake was warning that Francis Bacon’s essays are for Satan’s kingdom. The next moment, your cell phone is buzzing against your genitals while you’re trying to get laid. (Essay)
Mal- Dis- Mis- I'll Take It All
I'll play with the bots and kneel before my algolords. In the big picture, they provide the clearest picture.