Everyone’s Brains are Science Fiction — an Anti-Biography
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Narratives, Structure, and Sensemaking
I’m once again at a time when I’m putting ideas out into the world and where people want me to come on podcasts. I’m glad for the invitations. I’m open to more (directed to cactuschu at outlook dot com). But this means I get asked for a lot of oddly specific biographical facts. An oddly specific biographical fact about me is that I am anti-interested in bio facts. Why do you care about me as a person? Wouldn’t you much rather know about the slippery hedge (44:18) or the firehose of bullshit or the midwit cycle? Even asking me about Russia, anti-vaxxers or wokeness is better than asking me…
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