The Machine War

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Sensitivity Readers, Hobbled Book Reviews, Mega-Corporate Mergers, and Four Other Reasons American Publishing Went to Hell
An inquiry into the decline of the publishing biz.
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June 2023

Ours is the age of inadequate Perennialist theory
Any other facts about this era are relatively unimportant, but I sometimes write posts about them anyway
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April 2023

Why I Am Not a Luddite
How Technology Destroyed the "Romantic Lie" of Modernity
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Why are Credentialed Writers Mad About Beckett's?
On underdogs, monoculture, and vitality
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March 2023

The Machine War: Chapter 8
A Software Psychoanalyst. Functional Breathing. Tea at the Palaz.
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December 2022

A Response to Vitalik: Why Read Books?
Books possess secrets. They're not merely transmitters of data.
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November 2022

The Machine War: Chapter 7
I Decided to Listen Less. Eternal Eternal September. The Absence of Bubba.
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August 2022

The Machine War: Chapter 6
Lost and Found. PRINT 2+2. All the Cokes Are Good.
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Our Crumpsian Moment
Two Paths Forward for the Literary Arts
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July 2022

Mars Review Soirée: Monday June 18
Come have a drink
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June 2022

Chapter 5
Behind the Throttle. Flipping a Finger. Just for Fun
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Chapter 4
Pascal's Fearful Calculating Machine. The Only Thing He Couldn't Count. Symbiosis or Parasitism?
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