Subject 09
Essays written slowly, about a situation that is arriving quickly. No predictions, no roadmaps — arguments you can disagree with, and methods you can actually use on a Wednesday.
Symbols · 8 min read
Nothing has happened to the Moon. It is used here as a figure of speech — and the reason that figure works reveals something specific and unflattering about how human attention operates.
ReadMemory · 10 min read
Your life is already being archived at higher fidelity than any generation before you, and almost none of it is a record you will ever revisit. This is a working method for keeping the other kind.
ReadEconomics of meaning · 11 min read
Scarcity was never the enemy of meaning. It was the load-bearing wall. This is an attempt to work out what happens to a value system when the wall is removed carefully, cheaply, and with everyone’s consent.
ReadAttention · 9 min read
Every capability we thought was ours turned out to be portable. One thing did not: the finite, non-transferable act of paying attention. Here is what that means on an ordinary Wednesday.
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