The Supreme Court Should Be an Ensemble of LLMs
One of the more provocative applications of Large Language Models already conceivable today, which might sound radical but is obviously and unambiguously desirable, is to be found in the judiciary.
›You Can Probably Just Have It
The right attitude and body language can get you almost anything you want—at almost any time, in almost any
›Walls as a Service
One way to understand modernity: The removal of walls. At first, the removal of walls
›How Renaissance Rationalization and Oceanic Navigation Locked Into Commodotization Takeoff
On the first sentence of Nick Land's Meltdown.
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The Divorce Revolution: How a Social Tragedy Became a Personal Preference
Divorce rates increased from 1960 to 1980, partially thanks to an academic trend led by divorced women. Upper-class divorce rates have stabilized, but working-class divorce rates continue to rise. Divorce harms children in most cases, contrary to earlier claims.
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The Social Mobility Illusion
On Gregory Clark's 2014 book The Son Also Rises, one of the most remarkable economics book I've read this year.
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Urbit and the Telos of the Creator Economy
A long-running historical gradient suggests that individuals will enjoy full control over the creation, distribution, and monetization of their work, eventually evading all centralized platforms and arbitrary constraints.
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What to Do After the Orgy
Baudrillard famously asked, "What are you doing after the orgy?" Our answer: Take a leap of faith about the ultimate truth, then harness the chaos of modernity to bring that truth into being.
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