All reflections are available in full for paying subscribers. There’s usually a paywall, and free subscribers can read up to that point. But anyone can read a few reflections in full for free; these have been noted.
Losing My Religion — series
Reflections on my journey out of Christianity, through apostasy, and into atheism.
Infinite Lock-In — series
Infinite Lock-In, part 8
Infinite Lock-In, part 9
Forthcoming
Part 10: The Brittle Now; The Lover’s Tale
Why worry about lock-in here and now, not sometime in the future? How is lock-in already affecting our relationships and our politics?
Source: Jaron Lanier, You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto.
Part 11: Aphantasia and Apples; Retiring Early (free)
Are we facing a death of subjectivity? Supposing we could mind-upload to digital heaven, what would the apples there taste like? With a digital heaven at hand, could certain groups of people be forced out of biological existence?
Free. Linked essay: Jonathan Craig, “In Heaven, I’d Be Blind”
Part 12: Afterword
What future do we want? Transhumanism redeemed. My childhood fascination with computers and Tron. What led me to write Quibble.
Productive Mysteries
Social Media Made Me an Asshole, part 1 (free)
Social Media Made Me an Asshole, part 2
Source: Jacquelyn Ann Kegley, “Royce on Self and Relationships: Speaking to the Digital and Texting Self of Today,” in The Journal of Speculative Philosophy.
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