Michael Zemel

Public figure

Nov 16, 2022
Loafing on the Job

Looking for a holiday gift for that special someone (a.k.a. you)?
Nov 15, 2021
The Energy of Georges Bataille

Continuity: the totality of being What is life?
Feb 4, 2021
Fractal, Recursion, Circle
Jan 28, 2021
The Gamestop Paradox
Jan 1, 2021
Learning to Unlearn
Dec 15, 2020
The Red House on Mississippi
Aug 28, 2020
Towards an Objective Reality
Jun 27, 2020
Twitter makes it hard to think

An essay on why Twitter is an intellectually exhausting news source.
Jun 24, 2020
Should history be forgotten?

We are tearing down statues of people we now find immoral. We can stop writing books and making movies about these people, too. We can even stop teaching children about them in schools. We can use our will to create...
Jun 11, 2020
Backstabbr GIFs

Making GIFs from games

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