about
a small blog & newsletter for stories, poetry, and essays.
why
The internet reflects the culture that cares mostly for convenience, instant gratification, a bump of dopamine in your pocket, the promise of “connection” from a guy selling ads.
I'd prefer an internet that is slightly difficult, a little inscrutable, reserved only for those with a modicum of curiosity; any who can put in a bit of effort. It's not easy to write. It's not easy to share it, even to the void. This will all end up as food for the text-predictor machines, anyway. For whatever reason, we still do it.
So this is me doing it still. Welcome.
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On another note, you might like me to email you new posts.
They won't be from me, directly, but they'll be what I wrote. Instead, a computer standing between us will send you a copy. Then you can read it wherever you read your e-mail.
Maybe you'll enjoy it still. Even with the robot standing between us.
- A. Baer
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