Entertainment | Namesakes
Ivan is not related to Rowan
One of the Mobland executive producers is named Atkinson
Entertainment | Namesakes
Essays & Perspectives
Why isn't she verified?
She's one of the world's most famous people.
Ms Rachel Calls Out 'Uncancellable' Celebrities Over Gaza Silence
Miss Rachel spoke on the podcast It's Open with Ilana Glazer, hosted by Jewish satirist Ilana Glazer.
"Is the AI Arms Race Killing the Planet?"
Video Podcast with Naomi Klein | Companion piece by AI Now Institute
Dispatches & Archive
Ontology
Are games metaphors for life?
Is it possible that many of the games we love owe their popularity to being metaphors for life?
Linguistics | Communication
Language as Song
Is the categorical distinction between language and music empirically defensible? Or is the "difference" a stipulation of definitional convenience?
Acting and talking straight has a price — evasion is the deferred price, with interest.
The Price of Evasion
Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight
The claim is roughly: There is a parallel world, coexisting with "our own", hidden from biological vision yet accessible to other senses.
We have 3 dominant needs — simply put.
Achievement, Power, Affiliation
Should I question everything I've ever been told?
Solipsism draws a hard "reality-boundary" between what we experience ourselves and what others tell us.
A Brief Introduction to Ontology
What is the nature of being?
A Brief Introduction to Epistemology
"What is knowledge — and how do we know what we think we know?"
Personal notebook
Call it "newsletter" if you like.
A Brief Introduction to Anthropology
Anthropology asks what it means to be human— ontologically, biologically, culturally, historically, linguistically, and epistemically.