Bloody Shovel 4

My friend “Spandrell” has a new version of his blog up and running. I’ve linked to several of his posts over the years, in particular his 2017 three-part essay on what he calls “Bioleninism”. (You can read that here.)

Span is a very smart guy, and he’s one of the OGs of what used to be called the “Dark Enlightenment” — as you can see from this diagram from 2012 or so (you may also see another familiar name or two on there as well). Click the image for the full-sized version:

Go and have a poke around.

4 Comments

  1. Behind Enemy Lines says

    Am I missing something here? The link goes to a relatively old ‘new’ site from Spandrell, with nothing posted since 2022 so far as I can see. I’d be glad to read him again, but thought he’d retreated into gated tech chats.

    Posted February 23, 2024 at 12:44 am | Permalink
  2. bob sykes says

    Yes, the posts are two years old. I used to follow him, and I will again, if he has a new blog open to the public

    Posted February 23, 2024 at 8:30 am | Permalink
  3. Malcolm says

    BEL and bob,

    My understanding is that Spandrell’s getting things running on the backend – chat groups, Urbit login, etc, and will be getting back to writing again soon.

    Mainly, I linked to the new blog because for a long time the older essays, like the Bioleninism series, hadn’t been available anywhere.

    Posted February 23, 2024 at 10:41 am | Permalink
  4. Behind Enemy Lines says

    Malcolm says

    BEL and bob,

    My understanding is that Spandrell’s getting things running on the backend – chat groups, Urbit login, etc, and will be getting back to writing again soon.

    Mainly, I linked to the new blog because for a long time the older essays, like the Bioleninism series, hadn’t been available anywhere.

    Got it – thanks.

    Posted February 23, 2024 at 4:28 pm | Permalink

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