Project Hail Mary
On automating heroic astronauts
The LIRR Strike
And the loss of leverage
Notes on the permanent underclass
The Semantic Press
Reimagining Tocqueville's remedy to tutelary power in the age of AI
Against Eternity
Elon's million-dollar writing prize was of course a scheme
On missions and anti-missions
The Signal in the Slop
On curation
We are big floating heads looking for our bodies
A conversation with Tommy Dixon
What we have is much worse than a king
Infinite Monkeys
Apocalyptic Wonder
The Ethics of AI in Writing
Cross-generation conversations
Quality is the transcendence of categories
Announcing the judges for the 2025 Essay Architecture Prize & the judging system that will shape the anthology
On the optics of robot armies
How do you deconstruct prose?
Thinking in patterns without thinking like a machine. Of course Joan Didion uses repetition, but why?
Fear and loathing at Substack notes night
$9 essay coach
The feedback you won't get from your friends, family, and chatbots
I'm giving $10,000 to the best essay of 2025
And the finalists will get published in a printed Metalabel anthology (submit by 11/23/2025)
Burn down your architecture
Why I rebuilt Essay Architecture from scratch
Out of your head, dance with the dead
LLMs are hyperaccelerators for cliches
The Babbling Idiot & The Tribe
Did psychedelics guide human evolution, or is the Stoned Ape Theory just for stoners?
2026
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Project Hail Mary →On automating heroic astronauts
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The LIRR Strike →And the loss of leverage
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Notes on the permanent underclass →
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The Semantic Press →Reimagining Tocqueville's remedy to tutelary power in the age of AI
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Against Eternity →
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Elon's million-dollar writing prize was of course a scheme →On missions and anti-missions
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The Signal in the Slop →On curation
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We are big floating heads looking for our bodies →A conversation with Tommy Dixon
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What we have is much worse than a king →
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Infinite Monkeys →
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Apocalyptic Wonder →
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The Ethics of AI in Writing →
2025
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Cross-generation conversations →
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Quality is the transcendence of categories →Announcing the judges for the 2025 Essay Architecture Prize & the judging system that will shape the anthology
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On the optics of robot armies →
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How do you deconstruct prose? →Thinking in patterns without thinking like a machine. Of course Joan Didion uses repetition, but why?
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Fear and loathing at Substack notes night →
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$9 essay coach →The feedback you won't get from your friends, family, and chatbots
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I'm giving $10,000 to the best essay of 2025 →And the finalists will get published in a printed Metalabel anthology (submit by 11/23/2025)
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Burn down your architecture →Why I rebuilt Essay Architecture from scratch
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Out of your head, dance with the dead →
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LLMs are hyperaccelerators for cliches →
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The Babbling Idiot & The Tribe →Did psychedelics guide human evolution, or is the Stoned Ape Theory just for stoners?