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Blogging sure has changed in its Silver Age
The slick rise of "the professionals" and what comes next
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Vigil
A larger animal waits for a smaller one to die
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Your resident artist talks cancer, creative origins, and the shadow cast by fathers
Listen now | Guest Alexander Naughton on life, art, mortality
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Sticky humans in a post-AGI world
Why pure AI tutoring won't work
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September 2024

Sam Altman sends his regards, Can Starship even make it to Mars? Microplastics in your brain, Marmosets have names
Desiderata #29: links and commentary
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Sorry Ted Chiang, humans aren't very original either
But our margins are still slightly better than AI
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Neuralink's grand vision isn't scientifically supported
Controlling a computer with your mind is the same as with your hands
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Curious George and the case of the unconscious culture
Modern life is draining of consciousness
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August 2024

Reasons why blogging is dumb
Subtitles are dumb too
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The riot in Toronto
An excerpt from The Revelations
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Sampling the 2024 blogosphere: Part 3
The Intrinsic Perspective's summer subscriber writing extravaganza
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A green screen for thought itself
Just as CGI did for movies, AI will strip thinking and writing of its passion
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