Oct 25, 2024
โThere are only two ways of telling the complete truth โ anonymously and posthumously.โ
โThomas Sowell
Throughout history, anonymity has been a powerful tool for truth-seekers, heretics, and anyone pushing boundaries. In American politics, distributing anonymous writing has been a central force since the founding of the country. Publius was the collective pseudonym of Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay when they wrote the Federalist Papers in 1787, which played a crucial role in the ratification of the United States Constitution and the shaping of the country as we know it today.
a single editor repeatedly inserted the same "authoritarian" framing into multiple wikipedia articles, creating an illusion of consensus and shaping the record that now informs chatgpt and google
every few years, the same sad contingent of ruby on rails malcontents tries to cancel me. but now that the usual threats aren't working, they're upping the ante
a brief history of clownery against cute, unassuming autonomous vehicles โ and why waymo always wins