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Heresy and Orthodoxy in the Discworld (source: Terry Prachett, Small Gods)
When “Show, Don’t Tell” Doesn’t Work (sources are not listed in the bibliography: Rainer Maria Rilke, “Archaic Torso of Apollo”; James Wright, “Lying on a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota”)
Opening Organically (source: Octavia Butler, Dawn)
On the Life and Frustrations of an Adjunct Professor (free)
Naive Narration and the Ongoing Moment
Atheist & Believer; The Great God Om; A Thought-Experiment about Reading
Losing My Religion, part 1 — Childhood: Faith; Adolescence: Doubt
Losing My Religion, part 2 — Reading the Holy Bible
Losing My Religion, part 3 — Adulthood: Apostasy; Rebuilding My Morality; Now: Atheism (sources: Orlande de Lassus, Psalmi Davidis Pœnitentiales; Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum; John Tavener, The Protecting Veil)
Singularity and Its Malcontents (source: Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology)
Immortality and Its Malcontents (source: Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels)
Can AI Write Poetry? (discussion with ChatGPT)
The Matrix of Want (sources: Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology; Adam Phillips and Barbara Taylor, On Kindness)
You Can’t Appease Fascists! (free; 2024 presidential election coverage)
Infinite Lock-In — series (introduction page)
Part 1: Cybernetic Totalism (free; source: Jaron Lanier, “One Half a Manifesto”)
Part 2: Spiritual Suicide (sources: Jaron Lanier, “One Half a Manifesto,” and You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto)
Part 4: Digital Heaven (free)
Part 7: The Luddite’s Tale (free)
Part 8: Lock-In (source: ibid., Gadget)
Part 9: Infinite Lock-In (source: ibid., Gadget)
Part 10: The Brittle Now (source: ibid., Gadget)
Social Media Made Me an Asshole, part 1
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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