Like if futurist Game of Thrones had a humanist, world-weary understanding of the toll wars take on society. Rich political understanding—much to study as a worldbuilder.

Wholesome Lynch is like discovering an oasis of human latent space. You need to see it.

My first foray into The Culture. Books that are really fun and imaginative but not, like, high art are kind of great, right? Because it means you could do it too. Anyway, lots of wonders to behold.

As great as everyone says. To not only create such a dazzling universe, but to make the story's themes so existentially powerful... Goated. Had to look up hints for the last 40% or so—I've never been all that good at puzzles.

An extension of Marshall McLuhan's analysis into the age of Twitter and LLMs. Organized as a giant tweet thread. Some fascinating ideas, though quite theory-heavy.