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Amoeba’s Lorica: Foundering Father

GEORGE, AmaSoft Commerce Zone (API*): This quiet, somewhat dusty community on the banks of the Columbia River is in an uproar at this hour. Hundreds of trucks clog its streets and parking spaces, each filled with the disassembled mansion and … Continue reading

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AI: And May You Forever Be Clean

[Most A.I. companies have] no brilliant ideas about expanding the social safety net or retraining workers for new jobs – only a goal of making the current jobs obsolete as quickly as possible. – Kevin Roose, New York Times Newsletter, … Continue reading

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Amoeba’s Lorica: Orwellian Lunatic

He [Winston Smith] wondered, as he had many times wondered before, whether he himself was a lunatic. Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one. At one time it had been a sign of madness to believe that the … Continue reading

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