{"id":5998,"date":"2014-07-31T11:41:18","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T15:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afutureworththinkingabout.com\/?p=5998"},"modified":"2025-04-15T20:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T00:15:26","slug":"laboring-in-the-liquid-light-of-leviathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afutureworththinkingabout.com\/?p=5998","title":{"rendered":"“Laboring in the Liquid Light of Leviathan”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The title of [this article<\/a>] comes from the song “Lament For The Auroch,” by The Sword: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QSNq03_6I5g<\/a> . You’ll see why, in a bit.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, this piece is about thinking through the full range of implications of your train of thought, and making sure you know and acknowledge the sources of your lines of thinking.<\/p>\n

It’s also about Manichean AI gods at war for your BitCoin mining cycles.<\/p>\n

Oh! And speaking of trains: Who’s seen Snowpiercer? Because it is an Amazing piece of Ray Bradbury-esque allegorical science fiction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The title of [this article] comes from the song “Lament For The Auroch,” by The Sword: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QSNq03_6I5g . You’ll see why, in a bit. Ultimately, this piece is about thinking through the full range of implications of your train of thought, and making sure you know and acknowledge the sources of your lines of thinking. 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