Notes from the Circus

Notes from the Circus

The Agora Remains Open
A note to my subscribers.
14 hrs ago • Mike Brock
The Special Beast
The world should check us
18 hrs ago • Mike Brock
Another Night in Any Town
The young wait for the dawn in this dark age.
20 hrs ago • Mike Brock
No Actual Problem
Tyler Cowen grades the year
Sep 4 • Mike Brock
The AI Trade is a Psyop
Notes on the "escape containment" news cycle, from someone who ran the experiments and wrote up what he found.
Sep 3 • Mike Brock
A Twenty-Year-Old is Dead Because the United States Government Put a Monitor on His Leg
Pierre Damas Bel, Wright State University, class of 2029
Sep 3 • Mike Brock
Yes, Right-Wing Demons — AOC Is Actually Hot
The transaction under the loyalty test
Sep 2 • Mike Brock
The Tribute
Tim Cook and what the gold was buying
Sep 2 • Mike Brock

August 2026

Deadnaming the Lake
How a country agrees to be embarrassed
Aug 30 • Mike Brock
The Human Printer
On Natalie Harp, the president's information environment, and the title the operation launders through it
Aug 28 • Mike Brock
The Framework Needs the Enemy
Sam Harris, Mamdani, El-Sayed, and a method that cannot lose
Aug 22 • Mike Brock
Return the Favor
They deserve it and future generations are counting on you.
Aug 22 • Mike Brock
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