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The Writer and the Brain
Nov 20, 2025
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The Hidden Grammar of Repetition
The Writer and the Occult
Nov 13, 2025
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Daniel Chacón
Language Is a Strange Loop
Ok, so humans used to remember phone numbers, a lot of them, but today most of us remember very few, because we have outsourced memory to our devices.
Oct 31, 2025
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Daniel Chacón
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Creativity Can Save the World
Audio excerpt from a longer talk
Oct 30, 2025
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Daniel Chacón
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You Think It's All About You!
and it kind of is
Sep 23, 2025
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Daniel Chacón
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Language Becomes Electric
Cancel culture isn’t left or right anymore — it’s everywhere. And we need to talk about it.
Sep 22, 2025
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Daniel Chacón
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HOW THE LICK DID LICK KNOW?
“Human brains and computing machines will be coupled together very tightly, and the resulting partnership will think as no human brain has ever thought.
Aug 25, 2025
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Daniel Chacón
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Train GOTO 1976
My Father Was Crazy
Aug 1, 2025
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Daniel Chacón
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Three Oranges
Lorca, Literature, and the Walmart El Paso Shootings
Jul 27, 2025
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Daniel Chacón
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Banana for Breakfast: A Poem About a Poem About Language Machines
“Whoever controls LLMs controls politics.” —Hannes Bajohr
Jul 25, 2025
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Daniel Chacón
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Abernathy’s Assumption
Why We Seek God or a Memory Sparks While Reading Chalmer's Reality +
Jul 22, 2025
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Daniel Chacón
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This Is Not an Original Essay
Ceci n’est pas un essai original
Jul 20, 2025
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Daniel Chacón
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THE WAY OF THE COOKIE
Magick and Tarot in Madrid
Jul 8, 2025
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Daniel Chacón
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Who Died in 1978
Two reasons why LLMs cannot write better poetry than trained human poets.
May 28, 2025
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