The Baghdad Divergence and the Afro-Eurasian Hegemony
An exploration of the 'Baghdad Divergence,' an alternate history where the preservation of the House of Wisdom leads to an Afro-Eurasian technocratic hegemony.
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The Weight of the Table: A Philosophical Comic on Gratitude, History, and Thanksgiving
A philosophical comic exploring Thanksgiving's meaning through dialogue between two women wrestling with gratitude, history, tradition, and moral complexity.
Whisker Diplomacy: The Treaty of Versailles
An educational comic book featuring anthropomorphic kitten diplomats navigating the complex negotiations of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. Learn about historical figures, key provisions, and lasting consequences through engaging storytelling.
The Sacred Seven: A Theory of Pre-Brahmi Numeral Evolution
Exploring why the numeral 7 has a distinctly angular design compared to 6, 8, and 9 in pre-Brahmi numeral systems through base-5 promotion theory and cultural reverence.
The Trilingual Nightmare: A Day in Ancient Alexandria
A creative exploration of mathematical translation and cultural epistemology through the eyes of an Egyptian priest navigating Roman, Greek, and Hindu-Arab numeral systems in ancient Alexandria.
The End of Technofeudalism: Why AI is the Gunpowder That's Destroying Digital Castles
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Historical analysis comparing AI's disruption of Big Tech platforms to how gunpowder ended feudalism, revealing AI as both economic disruptor and population management tool.
Agent-Based Model: Cultural Memory Dynamics of Flood Myths
Agent-based computational model simulating the emergence, propagation, and evolution of flood myths as cultural memories of Pleistocene environmental catastrophes
Archaeological Agents: Temporal Authenticity Infrastructure for Digital Social Currency
A comprehensive proposal for building distributed archaeological agents that preserve temporal authenticity in digital spaces, addressing the breakdown of social currency mechanisms in digital civilization.