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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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Optimization theatre
The evolution of a society is an arms race between the fragile evolution of false consciousness myths and the robust evolution of mutually assured mediocrity equilibria. That’s how you slouch towards utopia. Venkatesh Rao, one of the most genuinely original and iconoclastic thinkers there is. If you wanted to write a story about a consultant
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Take it easy / take it out on me
Monday morning earworm — a much-loved tune from my formative years, which captures the frantic energy between my ears right now. It’s been a hectic week, with most of weekend eaten up by finishing a funding bid; this week’s shaping up to be pretty manic, too, and a welcome set of emails has just confirmed
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].”