bisnath.blog
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bisnath.blog

Writing by Robbie Rex Bisnath.

Robbie Bisnath’s blog: series and single pieces.

Series
The Cat Is Out of the BagA primer · 11 chapters
A short, plain-language blog about the singularity — which already happened — and about words, television, and knowing yourself.Prologue, 11 chapters, epilogue · 57 min · Start reading
Contents
  1. ProPrologue: The Store at Dupont and Dufferin4 min
  2. 01Some PigIn which a spider explains Marshall McLuhan5 min
  3. 02The Map Is Not the TerritoryIn which we define the word before we fight about it5 min
  4. 03Know ThyselfIn which Socrates meets Don Draper5 min
  5. 04Nobody Exists on PurposeIn which Rick Sanchez has every technology and no idea where he is5 min
  6. 05The ConductorIn which Homer Simpson sits at the console of a nuclear reactor5 min
  7. 06The Measure of a ManIn which a starship crew holds a hearing to decide whether a machine is a person3 min
  8. 07Tony Soprano Goes to TherapyIn which a mob boss and a Danish prince fail, differently, at the same thing5 min
  9. 08Fear Is the Mind-KillerIn which Dune outlaws the thinking machine and Gilead outlaws the thinking woman6 min
  10. 09Who Is John Galt?In which Ayn Rand asks the right question and gives the wrong answer4 min
  11. 10Linear TimeIn which Benjamin Sisko explains baseball to beings who already know how the game ends3 min
  12. 11The FerrymanIn which Siddhartha finds it by the river and Kurzweil finds it on a game show5 min
  13. EndEpilogue: M6N2 min
  14. +A Shelf, Not a BibliographyThe things I actually read and watched