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The Singlish Edition

Yet Singlish not only survived but became a marker of identity, something that distinguished Singaporeans from Malaysians, from expats, from mainland Chinese, from anyone who hadn't grown up inside the particular crucible of the city-state. The government's suppression attempts arguably accelerated its cultural value, the way prohibition makes a drink taste better.

— Colin Nagy
3d ago

We are dying from civilisation and its discontents; we have invented the machine, and now the machine is reinventing us.

6d ago

The true paradox of the machine is that it was created to serve man, yet it has enslaved him to its rhythms and demands; we have made ourselves the appendages of our own inventions.

1w ago

We are dying from civilisation and its discontents; we have invented the machine, and now the machine is bent on inventing us.

3w ago

We are dying from civilisation and its discontents; we have invented the machine, but we have not invented the controls that belong with the machine.

4w ago
wired.com
AI Drafting My Stories? Over My Dead Body

AI-assisted writing is creeping into newsrooms under the guise of efficiency. But the tradeoff may be more profound than publishers are willing to admit.

1mo ago
longreads.com
The Death of a Superman

Paul Collins began documenting deaths that occurred in clothing donation bins, whose designs are hostile and can be lethal, depending on the interaction.

1mo ago
wired.com
Your Vape Wants to Know How Old You Are

Companies hope that biometric age-verification tech in cartridges could put flavored vapes back in business. But it's unlikely to solve the real problems.

2mo ago

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