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Paul Kingsnorth
Personal blog · paulkingsnorth.substack.comphilosophycultureai
Paul Kingsnorth writes The Abbey of Misrule, a personal blog at paulkingsnorth.substack.com about philosophy, culture and ai. Since 2021, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times, most often “The Neon God”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-16, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Paul Kingsnorth's Substack for essays such as "The Neon God" and pieces on pandemic-era measures. One commenter calls the newsletter brilliant; another objects to its anti-vaccine content.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Do not be conformed to this world.
Most-linked posts?
- The Neon God4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2023-04-28
- The Vaccine Moment, part one2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-12-14
- Writers Against AI2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-03-01
- Four Questions Concerning the Internet2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-04-14
What Hacker News says?
> Internment. Mandatory medication. Segregation of whole sections of society. Mass sackings. A drumbeat media consensus. The systematic censoring of dissent. The deliberate creation by the state and the press of a climate of fear and suspicion. What could possibly justify this? Perhaps the combination of a terrible pandemic which killed or maimed large percentages of those it infected, and the existence of a safe an…
Comment linking /p/the-vaccine-moment-part-one
on “We’re the founders of Substack, we just launched an iOS app. AUA”Submitted Simone Weil and the Need for Roots as a story · 80 points
HN discussionWell, to mention just one example, "The Abbey of Misrule" ( https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com ) pushes antivaxx rhetoric. I don't know if that represents "50% of the population" (let's hope not) but it's abhorrent in any case.
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on “We’re the founders of Substack, we just launched an iOS app. AUA”Submitted The Vaccine Moment, part one as a story · 23 points
HN discussionHe recently converted to Eastern Orthodoxy, and writes a brilliant newsletter: https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/
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on “To Pay Rent in Medieval England, Catch Some Eels”Submitted The Vaccine Moment, part two as a story · 7 points
HN discussionThe fourth question is in a later blog post, "The Neon God" - https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-neon-god
Comment linking /p/the-neon-god
on “Four Questions Concerning the Internet”Submitted AI is "a shabby, boring and evil thing" – discuss as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Progress Wants – I saw the best minds of my generation as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Pygmalion's Passion as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Writers Against AI as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Writers Against AI as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Savage Reservation as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Basilisk Revisited as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Green Martyrdom as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Machine – Paul Kingsnorth as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Neon God as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Four questions concerning the internet, part two as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Four Questions Concerning the Internet as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Neon God as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Universal – Questions Concerning the Internet as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Intermission: The Scriptorium as a story · 1 points
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