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My Friend, John the Baptist
A first-person fictional witness account of John the Baptist.
Dec 25, 2025 • Erik J Larson
Iceberg Psyches and End Games
The Radar Self
Jan 2 • Erik J Larson
The End of the Golden Age
This chapter asks whether our current technological epoch marks the culmination of progress or the exhaustion of a cycle.
Oct 26, 2025 • Erik J Larson
Digital McCarthyism
Why Our Digital Future Looks Like Our Paranoid Past
Sep 13, 2025 • Erik J Larson
Puzzle World
How AI rewinds our thinking to a Cold War mindset—and why it leaves us blind to the present.
Jul 23, 2025 • Erik J Larson
Wars, Hot and Cold
Technology Is Fueling a Return to Endless Conflict
Jun 19, 2025 • Erik J Larson
Big Iron Returns
Centralized power is, once again, de rigueur
May 21, 2025 • Erik J Larson
21st Century Megamachines
AI, Centralization, and the Return of the Human Cog
May 5, 2025 • Erik J Larson
By Erik J. Larson
By Erik J. Larson
By Erik J. Larson is an adjunct to my main publication, Colligo. It’s my in-progress online book The Return and, afterward, for book reviews and other writing that doesn’t quite fit elsewhere. Expect thoughtful, ongoing reviews and occasional side paths.
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