Manga vs. Comics: How the Base Influences the Superstructure

This is actually a great example of how material concerns influence culture. The differences (including this one) between manga & american… | Continue reading


@enkiv2.medium.com | 2 years ago

Acid Communism and the American Civic Religion

By dying before finishing Acid Communism, Fisher freed us up not just to argue about what he really meant by Acid Communism, but also to… | Continue reading


@enkiv2.medium.com | 2 years ago

Generating Interesting Stories

The problem of generating interesting long-form text (whether fiction or non-fiction) is a problem of information density: people do not… | Continue reading


@enkiv2.medium.com | 2 years ago

The Origin of Features

“Our competitor has released a new update,” the vice president said, “with thirty new features.” | Continue reading


@enkiv2.medium.com | 2 years ago

Design, Dependencies, and Developer Responsibility

Software developers are in a position of power. Most of the software that gets professionally developed is proprietary or is hidden away… | Continue reading


@enkiv2.medium.com | 3 years ago

A Year of Reading Women

Last February, in response to online pushes (for Women’s History Month) to “read more women”, I went looking at my bookshelf (which I had… | Continue reading


@enkiv2.medium.com | 3 years ago

Rethinking Common Carriers

Hot take: algorithmic sorting of timelines, displaying ads, and accepting subscription fees are all ‘editorial’ and therefore any… | Continue reading


@enkiv2.medium.com | 3 years ago

The Moral Valence of Technical Decisions

This essay originally appeared on secure scuttlebutt at %3k6qAo85Q/1hjMW6xc3S0MNt+PsBCM00S354HeXOUco=.sha256 | Continue reading


@enkiv2.medium.com | 3 years ago

If People Gave Car Advice Like They Give Dating Advice

Me: my car won’t start | Continue reading


@enkiv2.medium.com | 3 years ago