Earlier writing for the reader
Quantum Constructionism, Chapter Nine, “‘I Know Not Seems’: Dangerous Speech & the Techno-Hamlets.” The direct treatment of linguistic inversion, including the proposed course title “Shakespeare and the Weaponization of Language.” https://theparallaxidentity.com/books/quantum-constructionism/i-know-not-seems
Don’t Fear the 21st Century Renaissance: Become the Renaissance, Chapter Three, “Ariadne’s Thread: A Set of Literary Engineers,” especially “Joyce, Pynchon & Hoffer: The Literary Code Breakers.” The author’s account of the literary lineage informing her own code breaking. https://theparallaxidentity.com/books/become-the-renaissance/ariadnes-thread
The Widening Gyre, Chapter Five, “The Irreducible Existence of the Pale Blue Fire,” especially “Past anti-paranoia” and “The game as it now stands.” The earlier, denser account of code writers, code breakers, and the limit of a code standing for the thing itself. https://theparallaxidentity.com/books/widening-gyre/irreducible-pale-blue-fire
The Widening Gyre, Chapter Nine, “Reductio ad Absurdum,” especially “The tactical inversion of the Chinese room.” A separate treatment of the inversion between writer and institution. https://theparallaxidentity.com/books/widening-gyre/modern-turning-of-the-lock
“The Twelve-Thousand-Year Habit.” https://theparallaxidentity.com/philosophy/twelve-thousand-year-habit
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