MUSIC IN PHASE SPACE

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  • All the way Down

    Imagine a small, unremarkable town called Nered. The residents of Nered had a peculiar habit that became the stuff of local legend: they insisted on “marrying down” intellectually. It was a tradition as old as the town itself, rooted in a philosophy that prized mediocrity as the true mark of contentment. The townsfolk believed that…

  • Ripley

    The Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith, also known as the Ripliad, present a complex and unsettling view of the world through the lens of Tom Ripley, a morally ambiguous anti-hero. Here are 20 truths about the world you can glean from the series:

  • The Lie Factory

    The subject’s desire, a perpetual lack, constitutes a fundamental void at the heart of the psyche. This void, a gaping maw of incompleteness, seeks incessant repletion. In the political sphere, this desire manifests as a demand for an impossible fullness, a utopian ideal that can never be attained.  In its pursuit of fulfillment, it constructs an imaginary order, a symbolic edifice where the…

  • Tech Barriers

    The barriers within the tech industry do not emerge from some inherent or natural order; rather, they are the result of a symbolic construction, carefully inscribed within the social fabric through a process akin to gerrymandering. These barriers are not neutral but are inscribed with a political logic that serves to maintain the dominance of…

  • The Game is Rigged but It needs More Players

    In the wild and treacherous jungle of gambling, the house edge is the kingpin, the big shot with a gun in every corner. When it comes to the lottery, you’re staring down the barrel of a gun with a staggering edge—often over 30%. It’s as if the universe itself conspires against you in the most…

  • A certain Rigor

    The humanities, a sprawling, amorphous beast, lumber through the intellectual landscape with all the grace of a mastodon in heat. While STEM, the sleek, metallic titan of academia, marches purposefully towards a quantifiable, deterministic utopia, the humanities flounder amidst a swamp of subjectivity, where meaning is a capricious, shape-shifting entity. The humanists, bless their cotton-picking…

  • Running On Vibes

    First, the avoidance of contentious primaries is not merely a pragmatic decision; it reflects the way power operates in a postmodern political landscape. The elimination of primary challenges serves to short-circuit the democratic process, revealing the truth that democracy, in its late-capitalist form, has become a ritualistic performance rather than a genuine contest of ideas.…

  • Capitalism Unimagined

    The concept we’re describing touches on the cyclical nature of capitalism, where rules and regulations—designed to maintain fairness and accountability—are often subverted by those with capital. The Dance of Loopholes and Capital In capitalist systems, regulations are established to ensure fair competition, protect consumers, and maintain economic stability. However, these rules are frequently navigated by…

  • Permisible Lies

    Bullshit-policing ain’t no crusade for purity, a quest for some virginal realm of unadulterated truth. It’s a game of borders, a cartography of the permissible lie. We’re not cops of the cosmic con, cracking down on falsehoods. No, we’re boundary cops, enforcers of the bullshit zone. It’s about the fence, not the field. Where does the…

  • Intersectional Racism

    When he does it, it’s the old-time religion, the serpent’s tongue forked and hissing in the jungle night. Bad blood, pure and simple. A virus in the bloodstream, a tumor on the soul. But when we do it, it’s a quantum leap, a fractal unfolding of consciousness. Intersectionality, they call it, a buzzword for the new age witch doctor, a mantra for the chemically lobotomized masses. When they…