Welcome To My World. I’m Sorry That You’re Here.
I had a mild bout of flu in February 2008. I’d had worse flus, and I have had worse since then. I was a 24-year-old with no health issues; I recovered quickly. What made this infection notable was...
View ArticleYes, Under Corporate Capitalism, 8 Million Working Americans Are Likely To...
An assertion I have made recently has drawn controversy. I have said that, in the wake of COVID–19, we’ll likely see 8 million American workers become unemployably disabled for a long period of time––...
View ArticleCapitalism–19 Vs. Humanity–20
Societies around the world face a horrible decision, as a deadly coronavirus rages through the population. Do they continue with economic business-as-usual, and allow tens of millions of preventable...
View ArticleA COVID–19 False Dilemma
Political leaders like Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans are trying to force the American people to choose one of two unacceptable alternatives: Fast Kill: do nothing about the virus’s spread,...
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Quitting WordPress – April 30, 2020
I’ve gotten several complaints about ads on my blog. When I set this thing up in 2009, I didn’t know much about the web— I’m an AI programmer, web stuff I do when there’s a reason to do it— and I used...
View ArticleLife Update 11/21/20: Farisa’s Crossing, et al
I’m still trying to figure out the matter of my online presence (including, to be frank, whether I want to have one at all). For now, I’m still on Substack. I’ll be mirroring these posts on WordPress;...
View ArticleThe d8 Role-Playing System
Also posted on my Substack page. The d8 System is a role-playing game system designed to be mechanically lightweight, so as not to break immersion, and to be modular. It enables experienced GMs (in...
View ArticleA Reply to Alex Danco: Revisiting MacLeod and the Three Ladders in the Wake...
I will soon be migrating to an alternative site, because WordPress is garbage for running garbage ads without my say; stay tuned. Eight years ago, I wrote an essay on the three social class ladders...
View ArticleAI Will Kill Literature, and AI Will Resurrect It
The literary novel, as far as genres go, is not that old: novels have existed in our culture for about three hundred years. If you had a time machine, you could spin the wheel and, upon landing...
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