Intensive Science and Virtual Philosophy IV

(Tomorrow I post my first post on Unit Operations. I’ll probably be reading it at a slower pace, though.)   This is Part 4, on “Virtuality and the Laws of Physics”. Part 1 (on “The Mathematics of the Virtual”) Part 2 (on “The Actualization of the Virtual in Space”) Part 3 (on “The Actualization of the Virtual more »

Mulling: Multivocality, Cities, Currency

This might not seem like the kind of urgent material that would require immediate posting, but I prefer to record my readings and reactions roughly as they occur, in whatever incomplete form they take. I might make prettier, denser posts if I collected myself first and edited longer after, but that hasn’t been how I’ve more »

Seven Fundamental Laws of Spiritual Ecology

Two posts in one day- This breaks one of my unwritten rules, but I need to clean house and I’m not going to store a post for a rainy day, because on that rainy day the post may no longer seem relevant. Below: Some quotes+notes on Greer’s Seven Laws, from Mystery Teachings From the Living more »

Why DeLanda

My backlog is huge. It’s much easier for me to type than it is to edit. Hm. It’s also easier to type on the plane than it is to read sometimes, too- bumpy flight. I’ll wrap up Intensive Science shortly. I wanted to give a brief account of what, exactly, I find interesting in DeLandan/Deleuzian thought, because more »

Intensive Science and Virtual Philosophy III

Also, it’s the Year of the Horse! That’s my year. It doesn’t mean anything to me but I’ll own anything if I’m told that it’s mine. — This is Part 3 of 4, on “The Actualization of the Virtual in Time”. (The final chapter will be “Virtuality and the Laws of Physics”). In Part 1 (based more »