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David McGrogan
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David McGrogan writes News from Uncibal, a personal blog at newsfromuncibal.substack.com about politics and economics. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked Substack essays on the philosophy of mathematics, including the claim that math is erotic, and on the EU chat control surveillance bill. HN readers link them for these topics.
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Chronicling events in the egalist utopia.
What Hacker News says?
"Might this goodness be due to the resonance that math reveals between mind and cosmos? In Greek, cosmos means “order,” and suggests also “beauty,” as in our word “cosmetic.” Doing math leads one to entertain the idea that the cosmos is itself good and beautiful. Our will to truth seems to derive from a deep attraction to this goodness and beauty. Math is erotic, in other words" nice essay, I particularly enjoyed th…
Comment linking /p/death-by-a-thousand-cut-corners?selection=6a881adb-91aa-40d4-8312-a9bbceef0f68
on “Math Is Erotic”Submitted Death by a Thousand Cut Corners as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThe draft law makes it clear that chat control is a surveillance tool: Non-public communication services are to be exempted, for example if they are "used for national security purposes." This is to protect "confidential information, including classified information." States do not want chat control for their own communications to avoid surveillance .. Poland demanded that only chats of "people under concrete suspic…
Comment linking /p/the-death-of-the-rules-based-order
on “EU Chat Control Bill Postponed”Submitted On the Right to Property, Central Bank Digital Currencies, and Excellent Tyranny as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted UK Energy Bill 2023 and the Fusion of Technology and Law as a story · 1 points
HN discussion