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Towards a New Terminology
Feb 10 • Sam Kahn
Epstein: A Post in Six Dimensions
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Feb 6 • Sam Kahn
A Modest Proposal
For Rationalizing the Educational System
Feb 3 • Sam Kahn
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Everything About How Writing Is Taught Is Wrong
Sep 6, 2024 • Sam Kahn
Notes on the Media Landscape
Jan 18 • Sam Kahn
On Shane Gillis
Oct 31, 2025 • Sam Kahn
Literature: An Autopsy
Jan 17, 2025 • Sam Kahn
The Pulitzer Prizes Are An Embarrassment
May 8, 2025 • Sam Kahn
Against Branding (and Sarah Fay)
Sep 1, 2023 • Sam Kahn
On an Era When Institutions Don't Reflect Human Value
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A Bedtime Story
Tales of the Analog
Jan 21 • Sam Kahn
Notes on the Media Landscape
On the Left/Right Divide
Jan 18 • Sam Kahn
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Matthew Gasda and Vincenzo Latronico
Jan 13 • Sam Kahn
The Edit Function
How a Simple Button Changes Everything
Jan 10 • Sam Kahn
Willy Wonka and Capitalist Aesthetics
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