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When “Traditional is the New Progressive” is Just Old Wine in a Cracked Flask
A spicy takedown of education nostalgia, and why AI might just save the progressive dream
Apr 15, 2025
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Quantum Spielerei 16: The Day the Quantum World Moved Upstairs
Quantum Spielerei: The Day the Quantum World Moved Upstairs
Feb 17
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Faustian Foreign Policy: Are Global Powers Selling Out the Future?
Geopolitics: From Short-Termism to Transactionalism
Jan 10
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Tech Is Accelerating—Society Is Slipping
Thesis Technology is accelerating faster than our meaning-making and governing institutions can absorb, and the resulting mismatch is pushing Western…
Dec 24, 2025
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The Original Hallucinator: Why Humans Out-Imagine AI
Humans like to imagine themselves as rational creatures, strolling around with 86 billion neurons and a calm, sober inner narrator.
Nov 16, 2025
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Quantum Spielerei 15: The Wall That Sometimes Isn’t — Tunneling
Take a marble and a brick wall.
Oct 10, 2025
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The Fragility Paradox: How Comfort Made Us Soft
The Age of Ease: Prosperity, Fragility, and the Human Spirit
Oct 3, 2025
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Quantum Spielerei 14: Space Isn’t a Stage, It’s the Cast
Space Isn’t a Stage, It’s the Cast
Sep 27, 2025
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