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The Dispossessed
Freedom is rarely something you simply have or lose. More often, the prices of some freedoms are others.
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Reset: Post Mortem
In the future, our most intimate relations will be those with whom we share our source code.
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A Short Lesson in Perspective
It is possible to get so busy digging a hole that you don’t have time to take stock of how deep you’re in it.
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3600 Hours
For four years I lived a second life in the World of Warcraft. It was my solace and my burden, my pride and my shame. It was a lot of things, but probably not what you’d think.
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Pump Six
Our species can barely handle the present day: how the hell are we going to handle the future?
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Stochastic Planet
Random teleportation can provide a healthy dose of perspective.
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The History of Rome
Reflections on a 74-hour podcast about 1,000 years of Roman history.
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Timeline of the Far Future
We are to the timeline of the universe as the blink of an ant’s eye is to the history of our species.
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Happy, the Movie
Happiness is not a goal to be attained, but a skill which takes practice.
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Terminal World
What if disturbances in the fabric of spacetime enforced technological disparities between parts of a city?
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Manna: Two Visions of Humanity’s Future
Technology will render human toil unnecessary; whether that renders humans unnecessary is up to us.
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Sight
In the future, everything can be a game, but should it?
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Embassytown
Language is power.
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The Information Diet
You are what your brain eats.
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The Nature of Economies
Human economies are natural processes like any other, so we should look to nature for the principles that govern the economies that govern our lives.
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The Omnivore’s Dilemma
What should we eat?
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The Prodigal God
If you are saved not by works but by grace, then you shouldn't fault others for not living up to your works.
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Life, Inc.
The ground rules of our society—which we largely take for granted as natural, neutral, and immutable—in fact came out of specific historical moments to serve particular agendas.
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Bad Thoughts for a Better Life
Three techniques for harnessing bad thoughts into the service of better emotional hygiene
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26
On the occasion of my birthday once more, and limits