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Jul
15
Shadow of the Erdtree, Shadow of the Torturer
An analysis of the religious symbolism in both Elden Ring and Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun.
14 min read
Jun
29
Tragedy of the E-Commons
The internet's pioneers envisioned it as a digital commons. Lately, this commons has become less an idealist agora and more a polluted park.
11 min read
Jun
11
In Defense of Machines
It's easy to focus on the bad results of new technology and machines--especially today as AI runs roughshod over us. But we must also remember its good.
12 min read
May
21
Reading C.S. Lewis's Academic Books #3 - A Preface to Paradise Lost
Perhaps Lewis's most lasting contribution to literary criticism, he uses A Preface to Paradise Lost to push back against some confused trends.
14 min read
Apr
24
You Are (Not) a Machine
Reflections on the machine metaphor inspired by Joy Marie Clarkson's book You Are a Tree.
10 min read
Apr
02
The Day(s) the Earth Stood Still
The 2008 version of The Day the Earth Stood Still is a flawed but still worthwhile movie, addressing technology and humanity, but also the nature of remakes.
9 min read
Mar
19
The Terrible Permanence of Technological Memory
Is redemption possible in a world where the machine never forgets?
10 min read
Mar
02
We Weren't Prepared for How Stupid the AI Struggle Would Be
Science fiction depicted the rise of AI as thrilling, existentially complex, and philosophically rich. The real world crisis is a lot dumber.
12 min read
Feb
17
Reading C.S. Lewis's Academic Books #2: English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)
A massive and magnificent literary history, English Literature and Sixteenth Century is Lewis's most intellectual work, and also some of his wittiest.
14 min read
Jan
31
The God of this World: A Review of Kenogaia by David Bentley Hart
A review essay about David Bentley Hart's most provocative book, the novel Kenogaia. On God, tradition, design, and Calvinism.
14 min read