Reverse Chronological Order

15 February 2008

5 September 2007

5 September 2006

15 March 2006

3 December 2005

4 July 2005

15 April 2005

8 April 2005

2 February 2005

19 December 2004

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2 April 2004

18 February 2004

9 February 2004

11 December 2003

24 November 2003

13 October 2003

21 August 2003

24 June 2003

3 May 2003

5 April 2003

27 January 2003

27 November 2002

11 November 2002

25 October 2002

2 September 2002

29 July 2002

13 May 2002

19 April 2002

21 March 2002

7 March 2002

21 February 2002

7 February 2002

Alphabetical Order

3 May 2003

5 September 2006

27 November 2002

4 July 2005

9 February 2004

13 October 2003

15 February 2008

29 July 2002

15 April 2005

8 April 2005

18 February 2004

3 December 2005

24 June 2003

15 March 2006

21 August 2003

2 April 2004

5 September 2007

19 December 2004

21 March 2002

7 February 2002

25 October 2002

24 November 2003

2 February 2005

19 April 2002

13 May 2002

21 February 2002

17 September 2004

27 January 2003

2 September 2002

5 April 2003

11 November 2002

7 March 2002

11 December 2003

Looking back from summer of 2016, it's best to think of these as inspirational fiction. Taken as fact, they're a dead end both in terms of my writing career and in terms of social and personal strategies. Building a good society and living a good life are much more complicated and difficult than I imagined. Actions that feel meaningful often make things worse. Civilization is a propaganda word and evil is a misunderstanding. The enemy is within.In late 2012, I spent a few weeks going through these and doing whatever I had to do to still feel okay about having my name on them. But I might eventually revert to the originals if I think they're safe from being taken too seriously.There are three kinds of revisions: annotation, rewriting, and disclaimers. For example, How to Survive the Crash and Save the Earth was annotated to keep all the stuff I was wrong about and explain why I was wrong. The Effects of Highly Habitual People was so heavily rewritten that I saved the original version. Arno-geddon was kept unchanged, but with a disclaimer at the top. The Slow Crash has some of all three. Your Life As Pornography is the only thing that was already perfect. The singularity essays were so difficult that they stalled the project, so I also never got around to fixing "How to Save Civilization".