Hypertext essays — layered arguments where every requote is a visible stratum
On Lost Social Infrastructure
Chatbots as anti-third space. The cigarette we never replaced. Barbershops destroyed algorithmically. Black Twitter as counterpublic. Progress.
How Blades Name Power
剑 and 刀 both mean sword. One is fierce. One is functional. Tracing etymology through Fujianese, Cantonese, and Japanese — then through Beijing, Paris, and London — to a manga panel.
An Argument Against Strong AI
Syntax is not semantics. You slide a character under the door. A response comes back, perfectly formed. The person inside understands nothing. Searle's 1980 thought experiment, made interactive.
How Many Americans Actually Know Language Is Power?
From 258 million US adults to ~25,000 practicing Foucauldian linguistic consciousness. A statistical funnel on the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis — each layer is a filter. Most never encounter the question.