Technology 5 min //Latest
№02
September 18, 2026
The Hammer Doesn't Know It's a Hammer
- Tools vanish when they work
- Heidegger's broken hammer
- Jacquard's loom, a program in cards
- What a tool can't know about itself
A fool'sphilosophyof machinesand time
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Latest essays
Essays on the philosophy of technology and of time, by someone who is sure about neither.
Time 5 min //Start here
№01
September 4, 2026
On Clocks
- What a clock actually counts
- Augustine's question
- Mumford's key machine
- Bergson and lived duration
Time //Forthcoming
№03
In preparation
The Archive Remembers Nothing
- Storage is not memory
- The right to forget
- Why the past keeps changing
Technology //Forthcoming
№04
In preparation
An Idiot's Guide to Progress
- Progress toward what?
- The arrow and the wheel
- Upgrades nobody asked for