Internal exile

And you twist the darkness in your fingers

One of the effects of chatbots may be to turn “seeking information” into an alibi for an experience of risk-free simulated sociality.

Sep 18 • 

Rob Horning

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Petrified factuality

It took a while, but I finally finished rereading Georg Lukács’s “Reification and the Consciousness of the Proletariat.” The last time I read it must…

Sep 5 • 

Rob Horning

23

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August 2025

The reified mind

A note on generative AI as commodified language

Aug 22 • 

Rob Horning

58

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Eliza-pilled

About Leif Weatherby's 'Language Machines' and being entertained by "auto-intimacy"

Aug 11 • 

Rob Horning

44

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July 2025

Crosscurrents

is it worthwhile to read meaningless text

Jul 18 • 

Rob Horning

44

2

June 2025

No active ingredients whatsoever

Placebos and the voluntary suspension of disbelief

Jun 24 • 

Rob Horning

44

5

Bananas are the worst food on earth

The more we study MrBeast thought, the brighter our hearts will become

Jun 13 • 

Rob Horning

49

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The endless slide show

can language deplete the world?

Jun 6 • 

Rob Horning

31

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May 2025

A great big beautiful tomorrow

A ride on the Carousel of Progress

May 30 • 

Rob Horning

43

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That dangerous supplement

Precisely 303 must-dos, must-tastes, and must-tries

May 23 • 

Rob Horning

32

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Font activations

A note on the type

May 16 • 

Rob Horning

31

6

Just for a second I thought I remembered you

Being compelled to ask yet again, Are friends electric?

May 2 • 

Rob Horning

63

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