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random bits of culture @ WIRED

• Of Course We’re Living in a Simulation

• My Year with a Flip Phone

• The Nasty Remastering of Lord of the Rings

• The Media Monsters in the National Dialog

• In Defense of the Matrix Sequels

• Against Closed Captions

• The Gender of Chronology

• Braaaaaains

• There’s Poop in Your Butt

boooOOOOoooks

• Is R. A. Lafferty the Best Sci-Fi Writer Ever?

• The Madness of Susanna Clarke, Fairy Princess

• The Lovability of Malcolm Gladwell: A Gladwellian Analysis

• The Millennial Meaninglessness of Writing About Tech

• The Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Books of the 2010s

Angry Nerds

• “The Supercilious Side Effects of F/X”

• “You’re All Wrong About the Worst Day of the Week”

• “Oh My God, Netflix, Please Chill Out!”

• “Algorithms Are Not What You Smartypants Think They Are”

• “The Next Big One Will Be a Dataquake”

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