Notes from the Circus

Notes from the Circus

Complete the Way a Crossword Is Complete
On the questions physics cannot be asked
 • Mike Brock
An Argument in Three Costumes
On what my metaphysical position actually is
 • Mike Brock
The Bottom Falls Out
The polls have caught up to the prophecy. Thirty-nine days remain.
 • Mike Brock
The Emperors of Dirt
On watching tonight's banquet the way the desert will watch it
 • Mike Brock
Nobody Left to Talk To
Pluribus, the return to Eden, and the freedom to remain someone
 • Mike Brock
A Losing Putin Is Still a Dangerous Putin
Revisiting "What Time Is It?" as Russia threatens Europe and America makes its promises conditional
 • Mike Brock
The Believers
How Bitcoin culture mistook a monetary protocol for a moral order
 • Mike Brock
Mark Carney Gave a Perfectly Good Speech
Why competent leadership now feels like a historical event
 • Mike Brock
The Tech Right Is Over
On the end of exit
 • Mike Brock
The Pageant and the Program
How the right buys a majority it does not have
 • Mike Brock
How to Argue with Reactionaries
A field guide to declining the simulation
 • Mike Brock
The Vibecession Was Real
On the difference between measuring an economy and living in one
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