Picture it: a rogue startup in powdered wigs. A pirate VC firm with private armies, shipping lanes, and the ear of the king. That’s the East India Company—a corporate insurgency that didn’t just lobby governments, it was the government.
March 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Picture it: a rogue startup in powdered wigs. A pirate VC firm with private armies, shipping lanes, and the ear of the king. That’s the East India Company—a corporate insurgency that didn’t just lobby governments, it was the government.
Consider the humble water beetle who, seeing the lotus leaf float, made its own vessel. Did it steal the lotus's secret, or did it honor the flower's teaching by carrying new life across still waters? The merchants of the Western shores cry "Thief!" while the Eastern kingdoms celebrate innovation.
January 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Consider the humble water beetle who, seeing the lotus leaf float, made its own vessel. Did it steal the lotus's secret, or did it honor the flower's teaching by carrying new life across still waters? The merchants of the Western shores cry "Thief!" while the Eastern kingdoms celebrate innovation.
The last mini golden age of Hollywood was Bush second term
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The last mini golden age of Hollywood was Bush second term
I went to see M by Fritz Lang at the Aero last night and made a connection to “Odd Man Out” and “The third Man”I haven’t thought of before.
August 31, 2024 at 4:02 PM
I went to see M by Fritz Lang at the Aero last night and made a connection to “Odd Man Out” and “The third Man”I haven’t thought of before.
There’s a switch in every basement
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There’s a switch in every basement
Compiled by Adam Conover
March 4, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Compiled by Adam Conover
I think LLMs are modeled on the figure of a White House press secretary
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I think LLMs are modeled on the figure of a White House press secretary
