A Book Apart

Selected essays

Into the gap

It is right that the murder of many people be mourned and lamented.
Toolmen

Even the best weapon is an unhappy tool.
Coming home

What do they do, the singers, tale-writers, dancers, painters, shapers, makers?
Make life possible

Five principles for embracing uncertainty.
A unified theory of fucks

Where to give all your precious fucks.

2026-06-30
Anarchist calisthenics

On Two Cheers for Anarchism
2026-06-24
Umyazu

Reading is the art of attention.
2026-06-10
Ten times

On Why We Fear AI
2026-05-26
Promises and perils

On Why We Fear AI
2026-05-14
Freedom from unreal loyalties

On A Room of One’s Own and Three Guineas