I’m feeling a little woozy today. I slept longer than normal, but in short chunks. My body is definitely not used to almost eight hours of sleep, and […]
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Pre-Conference Postmodernism
It has been a long day. I stayed up until 0330 (yes, that is oh-dark-thirty) getting my presentation together for the Quest for Community conference for Friday. That’s […]
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The need for slack
Maybe this is it: I work myself hard. I pace myself, yes, because I understand that nothing can run at 100% indefinitely. Maximal sustained output is not the […]
rant / sociology
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Classical Sociological Theorists and Pessimism
I fool myself, sometimes, that people are rational. That they stop and think about the implications of thier decisions. I fool myself into thinking that others consider the […]
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The Singularity
Here’s a couple of key points that often get glossed over in popular depictions of the Singularity: You are reading this, therefore you are not relevant in a […]