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The Pope and the Clock
“Magnifica Humanitas” has been read as a moral rebuke of Silicon Valley. In truth, it is an argument about speed and that is why no one there is…
Jun 8
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The Price
On the whale worth a trillion dollars alive, and the instruments that measured whether it was true. (The Political Economy of Consolation #4)
Jun 3
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May 2026
The License
This is the story of the scenario that scientists decided to retire, and the administration that celebrated its retirement. (The Political Economy of…
May 26
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The Promise
On the silicone membrane that hatched twenty-six chickens, and what it cannot return
May 25
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307 Billion Years
An inventory of what we are losing, and the grammar of the loss
May 11
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Every Brilliant Thing, and the Trapdoor That Won’t Close
Every actor who performs this play finds a different line that stops them. This one is mine.
May 3
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April 2026
The Catechism of Cheap Intelligence
AI doesn’t replace human judgment. It teaches institutions they don’t need it.
Apr 13
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Choosing Earth
Christina Koch spoke the truest sentence of the Artemis era. It was not about conquest. It was about coming home.
Apr 12
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The Last Gated Community
Artemis II has shown we can reach the Moon again. Whether we deserve to go is a question we keep failing to answer at home.
Apr 6
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March 2026
Me, Dyslexic?
Every so often I must relive the terror of being the dunce of the class, of being catastrophically unmasked — especially when I have had to compete for…
Mar 25
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The Honest Mark: On charlatans, César Chávez, willing audiences, and the bargain we strike with ourselves.
The New York Times just exposed César Chávez. The harder question is why so many people needed so long not to know.
Mar 23
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Iran Never Was Just an Accident
For decades, Iran’s most portable public record has traveled through cinema. When a nation is gagged, truth learns to speak in images.
Mar 13
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