July 2020 - Andrew Blackman

Reading

Children of the Cave: A Fascinating Finnish Novel of Ideas

In Children of the Cave, Finnish writer Virve Sammalkorpi imagines an encounter between a group of explorers and some strange creatures living in a…

Thinking

No, I Don’t Have the Bandwidth Right Now

Something is very wrong with the English language. People have started asking me if I have the “bandwidth” to work on new…

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Christopher Lovegrove on The House of Asterion: Borges Marathon, Part 33: “Led here by Silvia (above) I shall now be looking out for your Borges posts if they’re all like this…” Oct 18, 15:26
Silvia Cachia on A Biography of Tadeo Isidoro Cruz: Borges Marathon, Part 31: “Hi, I have started in order but I have also jumped ahead to read the 13 stories that were published…” Oct 18, 13:00
Nilaio Team on AI spambots think I’m a genius: “It’s fascinating how AI spambots exploit writers’ vulnerabilities, particularly the desire for recognition. This highlights the need for critical thinking…” Oct 17, 10:54
BuriedInPrint on AI spambots think I’m a genius: “Of course it’s ironic, but I think these situations will only ultimately make us better at spotting the Truly Genuine…” Oct 16, 19:13
BuriedInPrint on The Floating World by Ben Eastham: “I love it when you have a connection between two books (even if it is just a title, which the…” Oct 16, 18:24