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Essay: To keep or not to keep? That is the question.
We all want to stop being controlled by our possessions. But as physical books are being ingested by AI and destroyed, owning less could just replace…
Aug 13
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AI is sucking up power. Some states see your assets as a backup supply for the grid.
Homes are being redesigned to power an industry many communities are actively working to abolish. But then, so is much of your stuff... your car, your…
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Notes from the edge of civilization: August 9, 2026
Introducing the Collapse Life Signal Map; send in the goats; happy Venezuela; Uncle Sam's grub flub 'meats' morale meagerness.
Aug 9
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Consolidation and the quiet collapse of quality
The products we depend on are becoming more disposable, not simply because companies are cutting corners, but because the structure of ownership itself…
Aug 8
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Madge, Milan, and the muppet media machine
How unverifiable online personas, rapid syndication, and anonymous fear-based doom narratives turn into widely circulated and monetized alternative…
Aug 6
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The extraction of "dark talent"
Technocrat Balaji Srinivasan's optimistic language signals a new way of thinking about people — as untapped assets waiting to be mobilized.
Aug 4
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Notes from the edge of civilization: August 2, 2026
The spectacular stupidity of Google Earth; humans litter the moon; nationhood loopholes are closing; and AI isn't the only one hallucinating.
Aug 2
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The COVID record is still being revealed
Newly released records are reopening questions about the lab-leak debate, Proximal Origin, and why the institutions that shaped the original story…
Aug 1
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July 2026
On nomads, tribalism, and letting go
As cities become unaffordable and property itself becomes a liability, people who once equated rootedness with security are reconsidering whether…
Jul 30
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Burn it down; a mantra for our times
With forests and churches actually burning down, pop culture’s current fixation on fire and purification echoes Silicon Valley’s accelerationist drive…
Jul 28
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Notes from the edge of civilization: July 26, 2026
Unz tries explaining the inexplicable (and Lau Vegys does a darn good job, too); five finger discounts on the rise; and, a Flock-ing nightmare.
Jul 26
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There aren't many economic buffers left
The parking lots are full, the Halloween skeletons are for sale in July, and the debt keeps rising. It's the appearance of normality that's the most…
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