Programmable Mutter

Economic Statecraft on Chaos Mode

Trump’s reversal on Nvidia chip sales to China exposes a deeper rot: U.S. export control policy is running on vibes and private interests.

Published on False Positive • Dec 9

America has identified its greatest enemy: Western Europe

Trump's new National Security Strategy: what if groypers cosplayed George Kennan?

Dec 6 • Henry Farrell

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Large Language Models As The Tales That Are Sung

Gene Wolfe, Albert Lord, machine culture.

Dec 1 • Henry Farrell

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November 2025

Liberalism transforms plurality from weakness to strength

At least it does when it works right ...

Nov 3 • Henry Farrell

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October 2025

What is civil society, and why should we care?

Ernest Gellner on the conditions of liberty.

Oct 27 • Henry Farrell

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China has copied America's grab for semiconductor power

Six theses about the consequences

Oct 16 • Henry Farrell

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What the left can learn from evangelical churches

The lessons of Hahrie Han's Undivided

Oct 13 • Henry Farrell

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Trump's University Compact demonstrates weakness, not strength

The administration would act differently if it were confident

Oct 8 • Henry Farrell

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September 2025

The Village and the Sewer

Behind the "Blueskyism" debate

Sep 24 • Henry Farrell

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The Aaron Swartz production function

Incalculable diffusion as a philosophy of doing

Sep 22 • Henry Farrell

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Repost: Absolute power can be a terrible weakness

The respective vulnerabilities of tyrants and crowds

Sep 18 • Henry Farrell

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Understanding AI as a social technology

Speed, shoggoths, social science

Sep 12 • Henry Farrell

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