THE LIGHTS IN my old apartment building that once elegantly indicated that an elevator had been summoned have been “updated,” exchanged for new lights that have soon failed to work at all. Just in time for the elevators to stop working altogether. So there I was the other day, waiting, checking my phone, when, to my surprise, the elevator car suddenly arrived on my twelfth floor.
It occurs to me, KM: your friend the basilisk might've appreciated the fact that the chief manufacturer profiting from the chips powering our generative AI moment is called Nvidia, which is SO CLOSE to invidious it has to be intentional..
Kenneth, it’s perfection. There’s too much to love. Where to start. Apotropaic visions (visionaries?) and Solnit and Emily St John Mandel. Would enrol in your first year seminar just for the basilisk discussion. Do you live stream? 🙏 thank you for this
It occurs to me, KM: your friend the basilisk might've appreciated the fact that the chief manufacturer profiting from the chips powering our generative AI moment is called Nvidia, which is SO CLOSE to invidious it has to be intentional..
one of my favorite posts, ty
And Ishiguro! The oblongs 💀 and prosaic strip-mall blandness, howsoever shiny. I loved this SO much.
Kenneth, it’s perfection. There’s too much to love. Where to start. Apotropaic visions (visionaries?) and Solnit and Emily St John Mandel. Would enrol in your first year seminar just for the basilisk discussion. Do you live stream? 🙏 thank you for this