David AuerbachThe Bloodsport of the Hive Mind: Common Knowledge in the Age of Many-to-Many Broadcast NetworksCommon knowledge is that which I know and that which I know everyone else knows. That, at least, is the easiest way to put it for my…Jan 13, 2021Jan 13, 2021
David AuerbachinOneZeroHow Facebook Has Flattened Human CommunicationOnline services demand easily classified content. Users have obliged.Aug 28, 201818Aug 28, 201818
David AuerbachEverybody Hates TrumpIt’s safe to say the pseudonormalization of Trump has stopped, at least for a while. The moment Trump fired Comey, DC immediately returned…May 21, 2017May 21, 2017
David AuerbachBlack Blocs and U-locksIn the previous diary I wrote about the pseudonormalization of Trump over the last month. What I gave was only half of the story. I didn’t…May 7, 20174May 7, 20174
David AuerbachThe Pseudonormalization of TrumpHow far we are from a month ago. I look back at the early Trump Diaries and they read like missives from a different world. The seething…Apr 24, 2017Apr 24, 2017
David AuerbachTrump Diary 6: February 21, 2017Milo Yiannopoulos’ fatal flaw was being English. I’ll explain.Feb 22, 2017Feb 22, 2017
David AuerbachTrump Diary 5: Trump and the MediaMichael Flynn (office 9 in the above pic) resigned under pressure yesterday. The supposed reason being given is that he repeatedly lied to…Feb 16, 2017Feb 16, 2017
David AuerbachTrump Diary 4: February 2, 2017The White House backed off. That, at least, is the major takeaway from the chaos that followed the incompetently-drafted, ambiguous, and…Feb 4, 2017Feb 4, 2017
David AuerbachinIndivisible MovementTrial Balloon for Paranoia: A markup of Yonatan Zunger’s “Trial Balloon for a Coup”On Twitter, Zunger has conceded many of the below points and admitted that he would add caveats had he known his article was going to be…Jan 30, 201730Jan 30, 201730
David AuerbachHans Blumenberg and His Myth Science ArkestraPhilosophical Anthropology and Absolute MetaphorsApr 26, 2014Apr 26, 2014