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Author Archives: d4vid
Antaean
In Greek mythology, Antaeus was the son of Poseidon and Gaia. He could never be defeated in wrestling because every time he was thrown to the ground, contact with his mother, the earth, revitalized him. (Heracles was the one who … Continue reading
Collapse
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, so hydrogen fusion is a cheap source of energy for (main-sequence) stars. As hydrogen runs out in a star’s core, it resorts to slightly more expensive helium fusion. When the outward … Continue reading
Bounty
There’s an Indian restaurant in Stamford that I’ve been frequenting, but I can’t read the name without thinking of the Han Solo line “Well, the bounty hunter we ran into on Ord Mantell changed my mind.”
Compost
More from the State of the World 2019. Great Bruce Sterling throwaway line: “Tomorrow composts today.”
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Philology
I have long heard people say (what I thought was) “What is your read?” when asking others for their opinion of something. As if it were short for “What is your read of the situation?” However, I ran across it … Continue reading
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Autobiography
The author Jonathan Carroll posed this thought experiment: “What would be the title of the book of your life and what would be some of the chapter names?” Delight is a Harsh Mistress “Elder Young’s Eldest” “A Children’s Catechism” “Protoculture … Continue reading
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State
Every year, the sci-fi author Bruce Sterling, web developer Jon Lebkowsky, & invited guests convene a “State of the World” discussion on The WELL. From the State of the World 2019, I was struck by this comment from James Bridle, author of the book New … Continue reading
Steganography
This clever AI hid data from its creators to cheat at its appointed task Clever girl.
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Jonah
Between this ad and the “Bilby” short film, I feel like I may have been the one holding DreamWorks Animation back all these years. They ought to have thrown me overboard years ago.
Precarity
In reflecting on my 2018, I neglected to think in terms of the Blue Escape. I should give it more thought, but my reflexive answer would be “results have been mixed.” I reread my highlighted passages of Cal Newport‘s Deep Work … Continue reading
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Dilated
My brilliant friend Holly had mentioned that Ninefox Gambit, the first book in Yoon Ha Lee‘s Machineries of Empire trilogy, had “cracked [her] head open in a good way” which made me want to read it immediately. By the end of the … Continue reading
Anxiety
Current conventional wisdom is that the recent rise of fascism throughout the world, even in historically democratic countries, is related to vague “economic anxiety” or the threat non-whites pose to white supremacy (or, more likely, economic anxiety over the ebbing … Continue reading
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Summarized
Someone on Twitter suggested trying to summarize your 2018 with a single word and then try to summarize your plans & hopes for 2019 with a single word. Here are mine. 2018: Journey 2019: Stillness
Threshold
I’ve been reading The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Sozhenitsyn and ran across this chilling paragraph which seems appropriate for the times we’re living in: “Evidently evildoing also has a threshold magnitude. Yes, a human hesitates and bobs back and forth … Continue reading