THE FUNERAL OF LANGUAGE (BUFFET IS LUKEWARM)
Elon Musk has now scheduled the death of human language, which feels efficient. Most civilizations wait for decline to become obvious before declaring something obsolete….
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THE DISC OF SABU AND THE HUMAN INSTINCT TO PRETEND WE MEANT THIS
If you have ever heard of the Disc of Sabu, it was probably in the same way people hear about cursed manuscripts or impossible Roman…
Time Was a Mistake: Please Upgrade to the ‘Freedom Pro’ Plan to Continue.
The first clocks were not invented to help anyone. This is important. They were built in monasteries to tell people when to pray, when to…
Davos, Served Lukewarm
While Sauron’s eye was fixed firmly on Davos – swiveling slowly over snowbanks, glass facades, and men named Klaus wearing identical scarves – it is…
Logic, Chimneys, and the Beige Collapse of Europe
In partership with The Sofia Globe Observed by an alien who has now waited seven hours for a Bulgarian stamp There is an old Talmudic…
Monday Brief – JANUARY 12TH
A weekly digest – part serious, part not – in partnership with The Sofia Globe Happy Monday. Arguably the most emotionally dishonest greeting in the…
Monday Brief – January 5th
A weekly digest – part serious, part not – in partnership with The Sofia Globe Happy New Year to New York, London, Paris, Sofia! I…
Monday Brief – DEDEMBER 22ed
A weekly digest – part serious, part not – in partnership with The Sofia Globe The week began early. Unreasonably early. The sort of early…
Monday Brief – Dedember 15th
A weekly digest – part serious, part not – in partnership with The Sofia Globe The beauty of living in Plovdiv versus Sweden is the…