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a blog by Paul Graham Raven
science fiction / social theory / climate futures / infrastructure / utopian narratology / sometimes cats
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everything works by imitation
All those books that surround me every day allow me to feel near to myself—to what I was, to that reader who kept growing, changing, adding layers—and to the information and ideas they contain. Or that they only suggest. Or that they only hyperlink: many of my books are planets orbiting around thinkers, writers, and…
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framtiden ser ljus ut
There’s no escape from dumb-ass hot takes about The Fewtch, even in DuoLingo: On the bright side, I’m on a 225-day streak, and apparently I’ve learned 2,000 words… which makes it all the more embarrassing that I still stumble over unexpected sentences in real-world transactions as simple as buying a coffee. Ah, well. Practice, practice,…
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20NOV20
Some days you just can’t traction on any damned thing, and this was one of those days. Taking some comfort from the knowledge that there used to be a lot of days like that, and now they’re pretty rare. Definitely struggling with the encroaching dark of winter, though… and the Swedish style of HVAC seems…
Who is Paul Graham Raven?
“… who, with raving lips uttering things mirthless, unbedizened, and unperfumed, reaches over a thousand years with [his] voice, thanks to the god in [him].”