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Storytelling — Just Add Dinosaurs

In a previous part, I covered the storytelling model of Matthew Dicks, who speci...

Protocol Entrepreneurship

I’m running the Summer of Protocols program for the Ethereum Foundation again th...

Harberger Tax

It’s always nice to see trails of thought connect up. An idea I first encountere...

History is More Like Science Fiction Than Fantasy

I’ve been slow-reading Bettany Hughes’ Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities for mont...

Storytelling — Philosophical Stakes

Via the latest issue of Simon de la Rouviere’s excellent Scenes with Simon newsl...

Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes

I started reading Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes while I was...

Stack Map of the World

I’ve been buried neck deep in work stuff this week, but I did find time to make ...

The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet

My essay The Extended Internet Universe, where I coined the term “cozyweb” (prob...

There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm

I’m a little late to the party, but I just finished the wonderfully imaginative ...

Sons of the Soil, Migrants, and Civil War,

We read an interesting paper today (ht Sachin Benny with an assist from ChatGPT)...

News from the Universe

I did not expect to see auroras in the Seattle area. Or ever in my life without ...

Decision Brownouts

In thinking about decision-making under stress, most people focus on fight-or-fl...

Arbitrariness Costs

I’ve long held that civilization is the process of turning the incomprehensible ...

Going Sessile

One of the biggest changes in my personality with middle age is that I no longer...

Bangalore Meetup Report

Did a ribbonfarm meetup in Bangalore last night, the first ever in India. Thanks...

Covid and Noun-Memory Effects

Ever since I got a bout of Covid a couple of years ago (late 2022), I’ve noticed...

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