Thursday, August 13, 2026

A Short and Succinct Four-Point Argument For Why You Should Never Use AI At All For Anything Ever and Actively Do Everything You Can to Prevent the US Government From Supporting It in Any Way

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[I have written about and against AI before, pointing out that the underlying technology and cultural orientation are nothing new , and argu...
Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is a Sign of the Times

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Since I wrote my totally-completely-absolutely-justified-I-would-not-take-back-a-single-world denunciation of Christopher Nolan's Oppen...
Thursday, July 9, 2026

Everlasting Life: Annihilation, Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, Stalin and the Bomb, The Unconsoled

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"You can combine up to a certain point; you can distort up to a certain point; after that you lose the identity; and with that you lose...
Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Short Story: The Date

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I was sitting in the cafe by the window, working on an academic article for the Journal of Ancient History , when I saw them. It was a man a...
Thursday, June 11, 2026

Three Lessons for Starfleet Academy

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Star Trek has reached a crisis and juncture and turning point--which is not unusual. If my very lengthy series of essays on this blog layin...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Who is Captain Peabody?

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 “Alright, men: let’s mooooooove out.” These iconic words were spoken by Captain Bob “Captain Peabody” Peabody on June 4th, 1945 at 8:23 AM,...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026

The Apotheosis of Hidden Power

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The Apotheosis of Hidden Power: Kingdoms and Communities in Western Europe; Military, Inc; Absolute Destruction; Stalin as Warlord; Castlevi...