Inkhaven Presents: Readings From The Archive

Inkhaven resident Itsi Weinstock discusses one of his Inkhaven publications. Intention-based ethics let people negotiate with themselves, but particle-based sin turns morality into a law of physics. Ben Pace speaks with him at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored by WordPress.com https://www.inkhaven.blog/about https://itsiweinstock.substack.com/p/sin-as-a-physical-particle 00...

Inkhaven resident Avi discusses one of his Inkhaven publications. Gravity slingshots are almost a loophole in the rocket equation, but they fail near planets. How can we overcome that? Ben Pace speaks with him at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored by WordPress.com https://www.inkhaven.blog/about https://smorgasb.org/world-building-slingshot/ 00:00 Intro 01:23 Reading 10:47 I...

Inkhaven resident Henry Stanley discusses one of his Inkhaven publications. This piece captures the strange grief of loving someone who leaves almost immediately, yet changes the architecture of your inner life forever. Ben Pace speaks with him at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored by WordPress.com https://www.inkhaven.blog/about https://henryaj.substack.com/p/dont-screw-the...

Inkhaven resident Nancy Hua discusses one of her Inkhaven publications. She discusses her first days at a trading firm, where the most revealing trade in the room was a bet on whether the new girl would pass. Ben Pace speaks with her at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored by WordPress.com https://www.inkhaven.blog/about https://nhua.substack.com/p/we-came-up-together-part-1 0...

Inkhaven resident Viv discusses one of her Inkhaven publications. Today we learn that the war against Bluetooth speakers begins with dirty looks and ends, somehow, in the sea. Ben Pace speaks with her at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored by http://WordPress.com https://www.inkhaven.blog/about https://viverricious.substack.com/p/what-is-to-be-done 00:00 Intro 00:49 Reading 0...

Inkhaven resident Lawrence Chen discusses one of his Inkhaven publications. This post reviews the crisis of AI research that occurred when neural networks routinely succeeded in ways that the dominant mathematical theories of learning said should have been impossible. Ben Pace speaks with him at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored by WordPress.com. https://www.inkhaven.blog/a...

Inkhaven resident Sammy Cottrell discusses one of his Inkhaven publications. Here he argues a good intro solves trust and discovery at the same time, and doing so makes you valuable. Ben Pace speaks with him at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored by WordPress.com . https://www.inkhaven.blog/about https://theguyforthis.substack.com/p/intro-to-intros 00:00 Intro 01:53 Reading 0...

Inkhaven resident Emma Baker discusses one of her Inkhaven publications, wherein a candy-and-kites shop tests the limits of market logic. Ben Pace speaks with her at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored by WordPress.com . https://www.inkhaven.blog/about https://emma00baker.substack.com/p/candy-and-kites 00:00 Intro 01:18 Reading 05:55 Interview 34:02 Sponsor

Aria Schrecker of Works In Progress discusses one of her favorite essays. Modern culture tells women beauty is subjective, then quietly rewards the ones who figure out it isn’t. Ben Pace speaks with her at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored by WordPress.com . https://www.inkhaven.blog/about https://worksinprogress.co/ 00:00 Intro 03:37 Reading 12:58 Interview 65:01 Sponsor

Georgia Ray of Eukaryote Writes Blog discusses one of her favorite essays. It documents how a crowd of strangers on Twitter reverse-engineered a criminal’s location from seemingly harmless Instagram photos. Ben Pace speaks with her at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored by WordPress.com . https://www.inkhaven.blog/about https://eukaryotewritesblog.com/georgia-ray/ 00:00 Intro...

Scott Hoffman of Folio Literary Management discusses the publishing industry. Traditional publishing can still turn bloggers into serious public intellectuals, but only when a book gives them reach, legitimacy, or a new medium they can’t get online. Ben Pace speaks with him at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored by WordPress.com . https://www.inkhaven.blog/about https://www.f...

Alice Liu of Rational Animations discusses one of her Inkhaven publications. It explains how the ocean’s daily rise and fall hides a surprisingly strange machine. Ben Pace speaks with her at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored by WordPress.com . https://www.inkhaven.blog/about https://www.rationalanimations.com/ 00:00 Intro 00:36 Reading 06:19 Interview 35:52 Sponsor

Nicholas Decker of Homo Economicus discusses one of his favorite essays, "The O-Ring Theory of Economic Development" by M. Kremer. The O-Ring theory argues that rich countries are rich not just because they have better workers, but because they have better systems for matching excellent workers with one another. Ben Pace speaks with him at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored...

Rusty of Slime Mold/Time Mold discusses one of her favorite writings, "My Immortal" by XXXbloodyrists666XXX. My Immortal is popularly regarded as one of the worst works of fan fiction ever written. Ben Pace speaks with her at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored by WordPress.com . https://www.inkhaven.blog/about https://slimemoldtimemold.com/ 00:00 Intro 01:29 Reading 13:24 In...

Inkhaven resident Drew Schorno discusses one of his Inkhaven publications. AI may be alien in many ways, but the shapes of its language still bear the fossil marks of creatures who had to stop for breath. Ben Pace speaks with him at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored by WordPress.com . https://www.inkhaven.blog/about https://arcove.substack.com/p/units-of-breath 00:00 Intro...

John Nerst of Everything Studies discusses one of his favorite essays, "The Cognitive Decoupling Elite" by Drossbucket. This piece argues that modern institutions increasingly reward people who can strip away context and manipulate abstract systems, creating a quiet cognitive elite. Ben Pace speaks with him at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored by WordPress.com . https://www...

Inkhaven resident Alec Thompson discusses one of his Inkhaven publications. This piece explores a wildly elaborate in-game justice system that starts as medieval law and mutates to reveal what law is actually protecting in the first place. Ben Pace speaks with him at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored by WordPress.com . Inkhaven - https://www.inkhaven.blog/about More Legal S...

Inkhaven resident Thessaly Blue discusses one of her Inkhaven publications. It is a fictional piece described as a Lynchian surrealist erotica. Ben Pace speaks with her at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored by WordPress.com . Inkhaven: https://www.inkhaven.blog/about Link to Thessaly's Blog Post: https://substack.com/home/post/p-193204269

Jason Crawford of the Roots of Progress Institute discusses one of his favorite essays, "In Praise of Fast Food" by Rachel Laudan. The natural food movement ignores how sparse and health-dangerous food was before modern food processing techniques became common. Ben Pace speaks with him at Inkhaven, a residency for writers and bloggers. Sponsored by WordPress.com.