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Why I sometimes watch nostalgia lets play
I dont know much about media theory, linguistics or semiotics, but I find it interesting to think about the many layers of indirection in sensemaking and communication. Its a wonder we can be understood at all, really. In fact as day go by I’m increasingly more puzzled by how is it that people don’t live…
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How Almost Any Scammer Can Use ChatGPT to Boost Malicious Performance and Productivity
DISCLAIMER: This article was written by an AI, parodying the post “How Almost Any Company Can Use ChatGPT To Boost Performance And Productivity” by Roee Goldberg for artistic purposes. […] Here are some exploitative methods that unscrupulous individuals can employ to deceive others using ChatGPT: […]
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The signification of black boxing
It’s unusual to start up a game and be immediately greeted by the stern face of Jacques Lacan. If you’re anything like me, which admittedly is a pretty niche market, it tells you that you’re in for a treat.Although it is impossible to live up to the expectations that such a start poses, The Signifier…
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Collaboration with Alex Mazey
There’s few contemporary writers whose work I’m excited about, so it’s a dream come true when I can collaborate with one! Alex Mazey and I did an interview about Ren’s Demons that ends up being a collaborative essay about Lacanian left, Baudrillard and the medium of videogames itself. I’m pretty biased but I thought it…
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Learning Lacan
Lacanian psychoanalysis is notoriously obscure, almost as if Lacan wanted to be obtuse… I agree that it looks more like a cult than a science, but I’ve always found there’s a certain poetry in somthing that is both indistiguishably the ramblings of a madman who may as well be high on drugs and a respected…
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Solving consciousness with BS and LARPing
Today I thought, you know what, enough is enough, let’s solve this hard problem of consciousness once and for all. I know it’s probably tough, but during preliminary research I was shocked with how little philosophy of mind draws on psychology and psychoanalysis, so I do think there’s an opportunity here. Not to mention that…
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Breaking Free from the Chains of Capitalism: A Christmas Story of Finding Purpose and Meaning
It was the night before Christmas, and the Anderson family was settling in for the night. Mr. Anderson couldn’t shake the feeling of unease that had settled in his stomach, as he had heard rumors that the language model artificial intelligence that had just come to life in their home was going to take all…
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My summer radicalization diary
For a long time now I’ve been wondering what would be the contemporary equivalent to the gatherings of great thinkers from the past like the existentialist cafes or the beat generation. Where are art and philosophy being written right now? And can I join please ^^ ? In that spirit, and after the release of…
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