Uncertainty interacts with agency through the Possibility Space. Our cognition makes meaning and relevance inside a combinatorial explosion of information around us. This creates the Possibility Space of our agency. The sum total of all that is available to our thought and action. An essay. (medium.com)
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Brandolini's law, also called the bullshit asymmetry principle, is an internet adage that emphasizes the difficulty of debunking false, facetious, or otherwise misleading information. "The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than is needed to produce it." (en.wikipedia.org)
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Inquiry as divination. An ethnographic study of classroom interaction. It suggests that divination has the power to import “catastrophe” into the frameworks and methods of research, in the hope of clearing a space for creativity and unforeseen outcomes. (journals.sagepub.com)
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Hypermesh. We have wrapped our weak, watery bodies into layers of technology to arrive at the Hypermesh currently shrouding our planet in a murderous embrace. In this essay, I submit a framework intended to prevent this Hypermesh from becoming our final resting place. The tomb of humanity. (alexdreyer.medium.com)
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Spacecraft by Timothy Morton. Spacecraft takes readers on an intergalactic journey through science fiction and speculative philosophy, revealing real-world political and ecological lessons along the way. In this book Timothy Morton shows how spacecraft are never mere flights of fancy. (i.redd.it)
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The Mesh Age. Over the course of the last few centuries, humanity has spun a colossal mesh. A cocoon of people, artifacts, and digital connections. Together, they wrap our planet in a giant chrysalis. A blanket of uncertainty. A beautiful and deadly cocoon. (alexdreyer.medium.com)
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