Category: substacks

  • ghosts in our spaces

    ghosts in our spaces

    Have you heard the theory about spaces?  I think formally it is referred to as Third Space Theory, and having just spent some time reading about the background of it I can share that (a) it is a kind of sociological theory of culture and identity that is meant to help us understand our modern

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  • Copy Wrongs & Rights

    Copy Wrongs & Rights

    Perhaps the only reason to bring up here the great copyright debates that permeated the internet in the early 2000s is one of idle speculation linked to a tangential theory. As digital media formats matured and before technologies were blessed by the often-corporate owners of the media encoded therein, piracy abounded. Discussions flared and festered

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  • The Poets Against the Processors

    The Poets Against the Processors

    I ask you: What is AI? Artificial intelligence, you reply. Sure, but what is it? Really? I suppose we first need to get a handle on what defines those two terms: artificial & intelligence—and I think the first is likely easier to get our minds around than the latter. Let’s get that one out of the

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