The Fall's founding member remembered by those who knew him best.
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Wherein our hero, in this publication's inaugural, dates himself (as if others would) in a reminiscence of computers and websites past.
Thy Will Be Done: George Washington's Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory
George Washington's Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory
Visionary lays into the web
Ted Nelson is a visionary who is credited with coining the term hypertext, but he is highly critical of what the internet has become.
Humanities in the Machine - Blain Smith
There is something quietly remarkable about the people who built the foundations of modern computing. Not their technical achievements, though those are extraordinary. What is remarkable is where they came from before they ever touched a machine.
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Zachary Stein on John Amos Comenius forgotten genius and why it matters for our times
Mr. Nancy: His Grand Entrance | American Gods
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To understand AI’s effect on moral character, ethicist Kwame Anthony Appiah goes back to John Stuart Mill, and the idea that people are shaped by their choices.
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Joe Pratt, NEH Cullen Chair of Business and History By Debbie Z. Harwell, Editor It is with great sadness we share the news that our founder and friend Joe Pratt passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2025. Beloved by family, friends, colleagues, and students, Joe brought joy to all who knew him. He always said […]
Everything I Know
Everything I Know During the last two weeks of January 1975 Buckminster Fuller gave an extraordinary series of lectures concerning his entire life’s work. Jump to Sections Introduction These …
10 Street Photographers EVERY Photographer MUST Know
“Something I will be most proud of when I’m 90”: How Jeff Bezos used to talk about The Washington Post, and what’s changed
Jeff Bezos used to talk about The Washington Post with real curiosity, and the things he said were interesting and specific. Over time, that changed.
Bruce Sterling – Medium
Read writing from Bruce Sterling on Medium. one of the better-known Bruce Sterlings
