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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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Dr Cristian Ispir
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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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Dr Cristian Ispir
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The deception game
Everyone has opinions on artificial intelligence.
Mar 27
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Dr Cristian Ispir
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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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Dr Cristian Ispir
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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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Dr Cristian Ispir
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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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Dr Cristian Ispir
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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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Dr Cristian Ispir
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There's nothing harder than making simple
What kind of mind does it take to make language simpler?
Mar 2
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Dr Cristian Ispir
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February 2026
Judgment beyond the algorithm
“Q: I’ll hazard I can do more damage on my laptop sitting in my pajamas before my first cup of Earl Grey than you can do in a year in the field.
Feb 27
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Dr Cristian Ispir
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How European disagreement turned out to be a strength rather than a weakness
The ancient Mediterranean was a graveyard of political experiments.
Feb 23
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Dr Cristian Ispir
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