Silicon Valley’s Survivalists
The disruptors and innovators promise a future that they have no intention of sharing.
Irony Goes to Washington
Posted on January 26, 2017
in Infernal Machine
Image: Cicero writing letters; Wikimedia Commons.
In what sense is Trump’s speech ironic?
Illiberalism Rising
Both the left and the right warn of growing illiberalism.
Infernal Machine Collective Manifesto: On the Occasion of the Inauguration
On this inauguration day, we dedicate this platform to finding those positions, to develop the techniques, to find the pressure-points in our media and rhetoric to make sense of our new conditions, technological and political, and to articulate commonalities and goals.
Support Your Local Cat Café
The cat café, I suggest with tongue only slightly in cheek, is a spiritual oasis in the hypercompetitive urban landscape.
Scorsese’s Catholic Dilemma
Posted on January 6, 2017
in THR Web Features
Image: Detail from Fifteen Mysteries of the Virgin Mary, Ibaraki City Museum of Cultural Properties, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan; Wikimedia Commons.
The question for Silence is not whether another world exists but how such a recognition should affect our lives here.
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