Pluralistic: Tech's benevolent-dictator-for-life to authoritarian pipeline (10 Dec 2024)

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Tech's benevolent-dictator-for-life to authoritarian pipeline: It's damned hard to be an anti-authoritarian in a C-suite.
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Pluralistic: AI "art" and uncanniness (13 May 2024)

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AI "art" and uncanniness: "A meaning that does not stem from organizing intention."
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Pluralistic: The true post-cyberpunk hero is a noir forensic accountant (17 Apr 2024)

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The true post-cyberpunk hero is a noir forensic accountant: Blair Fix, Henry Farrell and Maria Farrell know more about Marty Hench than I do.
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This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023
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Pluralistic: Underground Empire; The Lost Cause prologue part IV (10 Oct 2023)

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Underground Empire: Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman's must-read account of "How America Weaponized the World Economy."
The Lost Cause prologue part IV: "Commies, agitators, traitors, and climate bed wetters."
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Pluralistic: The surprising truth about data-driven dictatorships (26 July 2023)

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The surprising truth about data-driven dictatorships: No autocrat is more powerful than GIGO.
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