Archive - Programmable Mutter

We need to escape the Gernsback Continuum

Outdated science fiction is hobbling our dreams.

Jul 2 •

June 2025

May 2025

The Federalist Society claims it's just a debating club

Now it risks becoming one.

May 31 •

Underground Empire is on sale for Kindle

If you like this newsletter, you'll very possibly like this book.

May 24 •

The new crypto is criming and state coercion, wrapped up into one

Liberals and libertarians should make common cause against it

May 23 •

Blitzscaling for tyrants

The lightning-fast path to tearing down due process

May 12 •

We need usable futures

Abundance not as an agenda but a goal

May 6 •

Brian Eno's Theory of Democracy

Organizing and generating variety in politics

May 1 •

April 2025

Absolute power can be a terrible weakness

The respective vulnerabilities of tyrants and crowds

Apr 17 •

On Feral Library Card Catalogs, or, Aware of All Internet Traditions

A Guest Post by Cosma Shalizi

Apr 17 •

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