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The Hacker Folk Art of Esoteric Coding
Esolangs, or esoteric programming languages, highlight the hidden metaphors and conventions that structure mainstream programming.
Is Life a Form of Computation?
Alan Turing and John von Neumann saw it early: the logic of life and the logic of code may be one and the same.
More Notes on Repetition and Our Brains
Samuel Jay Keyser on why repetition enchants the mind, and what evolution has to do with it.
Returning to Church Won’t Save Us from Nihilism
Engaging in ritual for ritual’s sake only deepens nihilism.