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I’ve been looking through various writings from decades ago, and I turned up this review of Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash. More info about the novel at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash. At the…

The Internet is relatively new, and we’re just learning to deal with the downsides of the pervasive infosphere. Fact-checking helps.

by Jon Lebkowsky I wrote this for the annual “State of the World” conversation on the WELL, and decided to post it here as well. Context: Bruce Sterling had posted…

Halloween, with its costumes, decorations, and festive spirit, is a holiday celebrated by millions around the world. But beneath the surface of ghouls and goblins lies a deeper layer of…

(By Jon Lebkowsky) We refute and cast away the demons of division, polarization, hatred, distortion… and their avatars and agents in the realm of mass and social media, cable news,…

Plutopians have interviewed Christopher Brown about his science fiction novels, “Tropic of Kansas” and “Failed State.” In addition to his science fiction and his work as an attorney, Chris is…

Plutopia’s Jon Lebkowsky reviews the top ten stories of 2021 as part of the “State of the World 2022” conversation.

Music of the Plutopian Spheres Listening at the moment to Bill Frisell’s “1968,” from his 2004 album “Unspeakable,” which BBC described as “heavy funk for thinking truckers.” Plutopian perusals This…

Music of the Plutopian Spheres Pianist/composer Bill Evans was a true original, considered “the main reformer of the harmonic language of jazz piano.” He played piano with Miles Davis, then…

Happy Holidaze! Plutopians wish all our friends and fans the happiest of holidaze. Lately it feels like the world is in a rock tumbler, hopefully we’ll come out of this…