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Spotty camels and naming things we've never seen before
What does the mind do when it encounters something it has never seen before, not something slightly unfamiliar, not a variation on a known theme, but…
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Dr Cristian Ispir
The comfort zone of aporia
We are not good at not knowing.
Apr 13
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The past that speaks now
The medieval artist setting a Roman triumph in a Gothic city was not confused about history, but was making a claim about it.
Apr 10
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Anagoge
It is Good Friday today, when no word seems good enough to graze on air.
Apr 3
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March 2026
Time is not given
The history of the 25 of March reveals how creatively we mark the passage of time
Mar 30
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The deception game
Everyone has opinions on artificial intelligence.
Mar 27
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My italics
There is a convention so unremarkable it barely registers, tucked into footnotes and parenthetical asides: my italics, my emphasis.
Mar 23
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Dr Cristian Ispir
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In defense of tautology
One thing you won’t hear anyone saying is ‘Now, let’s shallow dive into this topic.’ And if there’s no other type of diving imaginable or allowed, as…
Mar 20
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It all starts with candidate guesses
There is something peculiar about the way we humans solve problems.
Mar 16
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Dr Cristian Ispir
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The rarity of now
It’s our desired political and social state, but, at the scale of human history, that’s an anomaly, really.
Mar 13
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The metabolic investment of ancient Roman order
A great amount of energy was required to keep the ancient Roman world running.
Mar 9
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The Lantern Man who cast no light
I surely saw, and it still seems I see,
Mar 6
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