Esolangs, or esoteric programming languages, highlight the hidden metaphors and conventions that structure mainstream programming.
Daniel Temkin | Sep 25
Samuel Jay Keyser on why repetition enchants the mind, and what evolution has to do with it.
Samuel Jay Keyser | Sep 18
Engaging in ritual for ritual’s sake only deepens nihilism.
Nolen Gertz | Sep 15
A childhood spent under the spell of sleight-of-hand taught me skepticism, curiosity, and the habit of looking beneath appearances.
Richard Cytowic | Aug 29
Women in physics have long been forced out of the field, and out of the story.
Shohini Ghose | Aug 26
A story of secrecy, resistance, and the fight for digital freedom.
Ben Collier | Aug 8
Writing starts with flow, but it’s sustained by discipline, revision, and grit.
Keith Sawyer | Jul 11
Magic realism may be what we need to break free from design’s overly rational futures.
Anthony Dunne & Fiona Raby | Jul 7
Video is the most consequential medium of our time. So why do we still lack the tools to cite, dissect, and challenge it like we do with print?
Peter B. Kaufman | Jul 3
Reflections on Harriet Jacobs’s loophole of retreat — and my mother’s personal archive of memories.
Sandra Jackson-Dumont | Jun 27
