Thing a Week 2: Yudkowsky University

“Yudkowsky University has a world champion cybersecurity team,”…

Thing a Week 19: Merr, the Tiniest of Classmates

Thing a Week 32: A Brief Introduction to Magic

Thing a Week 31: Ballad of the Transhumanist

No, I am not afraid of the Gatekeeper
He who holds the keys to cessation
Nor will…

Thing a Week 50: The Forest’s Eyes, Pt. 1

I’ve been under surveillance for at least two months now. Probably longer, but I made…

Thing a Week 48: Fibonacci’s Quest (n=7)

Fibonacci stood over his agonizing mother, deeply sick from a terrible flu. “I’ll get…

Thing a Week 30: Death’s Audience

I could hear the cacophony of reporters in the next room before I could see them. My handlers opened…

Thing a Week 20: Dongnet

To imagine that a computer might have some code that it runs in response to being overloaded with requests isn’t…

Thing a Week 13: The Bilingualing

When I woke up this morning I knew something felt different, but the sheer magnitude of change both…

Thing a Week 17: Another Life

There was a rush for extraterrestrial life in the early 2000's, and life here on Earth was mostly split…