A Eulogy for "Trump"
There was a time — a simpler, more innocent time — when you could use the word "trump" without half the room reaching for their MAGA hats and the other half reaching for their blood pressure medication.
The Detection Trap
The obsessive hunt for"AI tells" in writing - forbidden words, suspicious structure, too-perfect grammar - is making editors worse at their jobs and writers worse at their craft. We're penalizing competence while AI adapts. It's time to judge writing on what actually matters.
Intelligence, Agency and the New McCarthyism
Scientists at elite institutions embrace AI despite measurable skill obsolescence, while artists panic about "AI slop" despite no objective threat. The reversal reveals truth: agency resides in direction, not execution. Tools don't determine authenticity—human judgment does.
Lovecraft's Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath: A Masterpiece in the Rough
Lovecraft's posthumously published Dream-Quest reveals his true philosophy: not cosmic indifference, but profound devotion to memory, place, and beauty. His longest work bridges his contradictions—the masterpiece he couldn't publish.
Deconstructing Origin-theories of Indigenous America
Forget the land bridge. From 250k-year-old tools to "impossible" DNA, history is a curated lie. This essay dismantles the Bering Strait dogma, revealing a global, ancient maritime world the "Academy" is too invested to acknowledge.