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Techs on TextsEpisode #22: Marta Regn on “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom” by Ted Chiang"Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" on Wikipedia - note the fan art book coverRead "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" on MediumOr buy Exhalation: Stories, the collection containing this storyThe Weathering Podcast – More discussions of Earth systems, chaos, and the meaning of life from Marta, Marshall, and AldenKierkegaard's The Concept of Anxiety on The MarginalianStoner by John WilliamsNo Way Recordings on YouTubeMore show notes at https://techsontexts.net/episodes/2025/11/chiang-marta-regn/Next month, we'll talk about "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" by Jorge Luis Borges.
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2025-11-291h 23Techs on TextsEpisode #21: George Dyson on The Black Cloud by Fred HoyleGeorge Dyson – historian, boat maker, and volunteer Staff Historian at Radiant Earth – returns to discuss Fred Hoyle's The Black Cloud. We discuss the cultural conflicts that arise between scientists and politicians, the limits of human language, human-incomprehensible modes of communication, the inevitable benefits of creating new observing instruments, alien consciousness, and the perils of simplified science.Show notes:The Black Cloud on WikipediaFred Hoyle on WikipediaGeorge's keynote at Radiant Earth's Expanding and Accelerating Global Climate Data Collaboration workshop on 14 October 2025Cause of Cambrian Explosion - Terrestrial or Cosmic? – as mentioned by George, the paper exploring extraterrestrial origin...
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