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By Cornelius Stahlblau Posted on January 12, 2021January 13, 2021

Linkstorm XIV

Beautiful post by Sonya (supposedly), on the People of the Past: “(…) We ought to romanticize the past, and the people who made it. Ought is superfluous, though — it’s … Continue reading Linkstorm XIV

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By Cornelius Stahlblau Posted on December 22, 2020

Linkstorm XII

A mission statement from friendly blog Type Studies: “(…) a research project that explores models on life and their similarities. It focuses on types, exemplary generalizations that sacrifice precision for … Continue reading Linkstorm XII

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By Cornelius Stahlblau Posted on December 16, 2020

Linkstorm XI

Easy Answers, from Real Life mag: “(…) doctors’ ability to easily look up medical information causes overconfidence that leads to misdiagnoses. “Self-questioning,” the authors write, “morphs from ‘What do I … Continue reading Linkstorm XI

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By Cornelius Stahlblau Posted on December 8, 2020

Linkstorm X

Thought-provoking article by Counter-engineer, Starships of future past: “(…) Here’s the thing: we couldn’t get this starship in the air and then figure out how to make it run well, … Continue reading Linkstorm X

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By Cornelius Stahlblau Posted on December 1, 2020

Linkstorm IX

Fantastic article by Geoff Shullenberger at “Outside Theory”: “(…) Metamodernism, as it was originally defined, embodied a search for earnest, even naïve, conviction amidst the fragmented cultural sphere of mediatized … Continue reading Linkstorm IX

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By Cornelius Stahlblau Posted on November 25, 2020

Linkstorm VIII

A new public post by Moldbug: (…) Protocol transparency means banning secret Internet protocols, at least for monopolies. Governments can tame the platform dragons—tame, not slay, though they will squeal … Continue reading Linkstorm VIII

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By Cornelius Stahlblau Posted on November 17, 2020

Linkstorm VII

From J. Simpkin’s new installment of his Necro-Ethics series on drone warfare: “(…) with the advent of the drone the temptations of a technological fix raised its head once more. … Continue reading Linkstorm VII

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By Cornelius Stahlblau Posted on November 10, 2020November 10, 2020

Linkstorm VI

Some funny mathematical jokes on Big Game Hunting: “(…) We place a spherical cage in the desert, enter it, and lock it. We perform an inversion with respect to the … Continue reading Linkstorm VI

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By Cornelius Stahlblau Posted on November 3, 2020

Linkstorm V

Geoff Shullenberger’s new article for The New Atlantis, on predictions for the election: “(…) When reality and a model of that reality appear to be mismatched, in other words, we … Continue reading Linkstorm V

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By Cornelius Stahlblau Posted on October 26, 2020October 28, 2020

Linkstorm IV

How Big Tech seduced the Left, by Geoff Shullenberger: “(…) Information technology does not enable either freedom or control: it facilitates both at once. Because they did not recognise this … Continue reading Linkstorm IV

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By Cornelius Stahlblau Posted on October 22, 2020

Linkstorm III

On Internet Topology: “(…) The internet as territory is more similar to multidimensional foam than it is to the plane. This has profound implications for those institutions that transfer or … Continue reading Linkstorm III

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