Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Notes
Regime Change
Vatmania
Dharmayana
Bhumics
Polyconflict
Archive
About
Latest
Top
Discussions
The offside algorithm: what the World Cup taught me about our AI future
Another one-off piece based on a conversation with Richard Russell; regular programming will be restarting soon.
22 hrs ago
•
Rajesh Kasturirangan
The US at 250: The Promise and the Violence of the Blank Slate
This is a one-off essay marking the occasion of the semiquincentennial (that’s 250 in the common tongue).
Jul 4
•
Rajesh Kasturirangan
May 2026
The Planetarity Syllabus. Habitability, Part II: From the Outside In
I am going to take a break from writing.
May 12
•
Rajesh Kasturirangan
1
Cognitive Sovereignty
This is a consolidated (and long) essay on the AI Polyconflict, but recast as Cognitive Sovereignty, in the same vein as the earlier consolidated essay…
May 7
•
Rajesh Kasturirangan
2
The Planetarity Syllabus. Habitability, Part I: Framing the Issue
The Principle of Habitability
May 5
•
Rajesh Kasturirangan
April 2026
Polyconflicts #9. The AI Polyconflict, Part V: Cognitive Imperialism
Preface
Apr 30
•
Rajesh Kasturirangan
3
1
The Planetarity Syllabus. Space, Part IV: Time, Space, and the Condition of Planetarity
One final essay to close out my coverage of Space as well as Time - next month, I will bring governance, time, and space together under the banner of…
Apr 28
•
Rajesh Kasturirangan
The Planetarity Syllabus. Space, Part III: Alterity, and the Condition of Planetarity
Recapitulating the Condition of Planetarity
Apr 23
•
Rajesh Kasturirangan
Polyconflicts #8. The AI Polyconflict, Part IV: The Energy-Compute Arbitrage
Preface
Apr 23
•
Rajesh Kasturirangan
1
The Planetarity Syllabus. Space, Part II: Spivak and Morton, Impey and Winn, Latour
We encounter the alien in space more readily than in time.
Apr 21
•
Rajesh Kasturirangan
2
Polyconflicts #7. The AI Polyconflict, Part III: The Surrogate Sandbox
Preface
Apr 16
•
Rajesh Kasturirangan
1
The Planetarity Syllabus. Space, Part I: Framing the Issue
The current global situation, whether politically, economically or ecologically, is in a state of crisis that’s boiling over into conflict.
Apr 14
•
Rajesh Kasturirangan
1
2
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
