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Oct 8, 2025 • The Taxonomist
Liminality
Liminality is an anthropological term describing a state of transition, originally used to describe cultures undergoing change.
May 9, 2023 • The Taxonomist
Aphantasia
In Deficit, I discussed one of the ways that I’m neurodivergent, one of the ways that it’s like to be me rather than a “normal” person.
May 8, 2023 • The Taxonomist
Satisfiction
Most of my friends would agree that I’m a satisficer rather than a maximizer.
May 7, 2023 • The Taxonomist
Authenticity
I had a conversation with the Degenerate last night about authenticity.
May 6, 2023 • The Taxonomist
Sinking
The Taxonomist asked me to fill in for him today — presumably to deal with some sort of taxonomic emergency.
May 3, 2023 • The Degenerate
We Contain Multitudes
One of my heretical beliefs is that the integrated self is a fiction. By a fiction, I mean that the self, that unified thing that you think you are, is…
May 2, 2023 • The Taxonomist
Memory Degenerates
Our memories are a strange thing.
Apr 30, 2023 • The Taxonomist
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