Numero Zero
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"Be a law to yourself, in the mart of trade, the cabin of the steamboat, and the crowded inn, or you will soon make shipwreck of faith and a good conscience." -Advice Manual, 1853
Matsue reaches for the witch trial analogy to describe skilled writers being accused of AI, and…almost gets there. But calling good writing rare magic only the machines are allowed to have validates the accuser’s premise. In an actual witch trial, there are no witches.
Trimpi over-determines a flat 1:1 mapping of even minor characters to contemporary figures, to situate the novel as a parody of the 1856 Presidential campaign—but at the expense of a deeper analysis of the socio-political and philosophical context. Some of it holds up! archive.org/details/melv...
“Contrary to myth, the US role in the Syrian conflict independently of Russia’s intervention has long consisted of regime preservation.” www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-afr...