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Main Character Syndrome
It's running strong these days.
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Caliban Darklock
Why You Can't Print Money
I was wondering the other day, what one thing I wished everyone understood about economics. This is the thing.
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Caliban Darklock
Intermittent Tasks
I'm gonna talk about ecological rationality again
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Caliban Darklock
How Intelligence Works
Or At Least How I Think It Works, Or Rather Think About It Working
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Caliban Darklock
But There Are Nazis There
Or, why I still use Substack
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Caliban Darklock
3
Tomorrow
It's stressing me out.
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Caliban Darklock
The Importance of Human Beings
We congratulate ourselves on removing gatekeepers, then wonder why the gates don't keep anyone out anymore.
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Caliban Darklock
Online Adolescence
The way a lot of people grow up these days
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Caliban Darklock
Community Involvement
Sometimes this produces problems
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Caliban Darklock
Okay, I Am Gonna Talk About This
I have gotten a bunch of attention on a note that I made, in response to some bullshit about taking money away from CEOs, and everybody wants to make it…
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Caliban Darklock
Process and Product
Or, Why I Don't Just Do What Makes Money
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Caliban Darklock
Some Thoughts From the Trenches
You may know I've been focusing on my art for the past several years. Here's how that relates back to all the business and economics shit I talk about.
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Caliban Darklock
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