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Author Archives: Robin Bates
A.I. and the Tech Bro Accelerationists
AI is the darling of Silicon Valley accelerationists, who sound like the old Italian Futurists and who appear never to have read Shelley’s Frankenstein.
The Song of Angry Americans
As Trump attends a performance of “Les Misérables,” I apply passages from the novel to his military crackdown on protest.
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Without Literature, No Freedom
In a commencement address, novelist Nicole Krauss made an eloquent plea for the necessity of literature in maintaining democracy.
Darkness at Noon in Trump’s America
Koestler’s novel “Darkness at Noon” applies only too well to rightwing “intellectual” and fascist advocate Curtis Yarvin.
Trump=Gingham Dog, Musk=Calico Cat
Think of the Trump-Musk spat as the gingham dog vs. the calico cat from the Eugene Field poem.
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Trump, Musk, and Little Black Sambo
Trump and Musk coming to verbal altercations is like the tigers in “Little Black Sambo” devouring each other.
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