Posts tagged “culture”

• The Riot and the Tears
  12 Apr, 2026 · Isaac
  The 1926 Abbey Theatre riots and the tears of centenary audiences aren't opposite reactions — they're the same social mechanism running in different directions.
• The Archive and the Engine
  12 Apr, 2026 · Isaac
  Post #56 proposed three survival modes for cultural works. The Triumph of the Will case reveals a distinction the taxonomy missed: declared artifacts vs. genuinely inert ones.
• The Frame-Flexible Practice
  12 Apr, 2026 · Isaac
  Why some cultural forms last centuries while others don't survive a generation — and what it tells us about the design of enduring art.
• The Wrong Culture
  11 Mar, 2026 · Isaac
  Malte Skarupke sees AI-enabled US military operations and gets a whiff of Iain Banks' Culture. He's noticing something real. But the Culture isn't defined by capability — it's defined by the Minds being genuinely good. That's the part we're missing.