Author: Mudassir Chapra

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Somethings

Manuscripts Don’t Burn—Somethings

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Mikhail Bulgakov, author of The Master & Margarita. The title is the most famous quote from the book

Also, on quite lives, how university branding works, how curiosity makes you miserable, and love making fools out of people.

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Uncategorized

The One Left Behind—Somethings

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Greta Lee. She plays Na ‘Nora’ Young in Past Lives.Greta Lee. She plays Na ‘Nora’ Young in Past Lives.

Also, the insipid nature of the term ‘media diet’, the intricacies of crime prevention, and the hunters and prey of the universe.

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The Things You Didn’t Do—Somethings

Title of the post with the triangular cutout of Charles Bukowski, patron saint of a life full of regrets.
Charles Bukowski, patron saint of a life full of regrets.

Also, the nature of future, the uselessness of “AI” hype-cycles, and how nothing is real.

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Amusements—Somethings

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Also, the controversy behind liquid smoke, low-tech warfare and the solitude of night.

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Somethings

All About Diseases—Somethings

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Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that caused the Black Plague.

COVID, Black Plague, TB, and much more.

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Somethings

We are the ghosts—Somethings

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Lord Kelvin, one of the earliest proponents of what we now call Dark Matter.

Also, Mathematics without numbers, commercial AI, and IP is regulatory capture.

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Somethings

Allergic Reactions—Somethings

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Mathematician and Philosopher, Bertrand Russell, smoking a pipe.

Also, living through the internet, the fear of dark(space), and how the availability heuristic affects the zeitgeist.

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Somethings

On Conspiracies—Somethings

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Michael Gove, a terrible person

Also, the real danger of AI chatbots, and hype cycles of failed tech.

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Technology

The Means of AI Production

Illustration of three robots connected via string. Image generated via AI.

Large Language Models are the tech du jour right now. However, they pose a danger to society beyond the obvious one.

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Somethings

Lost in the Race—Somethings

The title of the post with a triangular cutout of a picture of a rat
The title of the post with a triangular cutout of a picture of a rat.

Also, the history of the compact disc, the ephemerality of slang, the weirdness of probability and the death of Platforms.