Thinkers You Should Know: Walter Benjamin
“We will arrive at a moment of sufficient self alienation where we can contemplate our own destruction as in a static spectacle…” -Walter Benjamin
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Personal Finance for the Third World: Inflation
Inflation is the silent killer of third world savings.
Continue readingThe Art of the Coup: The Classical Coup
The classical coup follows a pattern that has not changed since Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon (spoiler: it was not a vacation). Step one: identify the key points of control in the capital. Step two: seize them sim...
Continue readingWho Owns a Sentence You Didn't Write?
I asked an LLM to write a paragraph about grief.
Continue readingThinkers You Should Know: Guy Debord
Guy Debord was a French revolutionary who spent his life trying to destroy the very concept of being a spectator. He failed, obviously. Look at your fucking phone right now *(you are reading this on your phone right n...
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