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New Blog Post: Space Datacenters are Nonsense
#tech #future #space

http://jelandau.com/2026/06/24/space-datacenters-are-nonsense/

Space Datacenters are Nonsense

This is a little different from my usual content, but I wanted to talk about space datacenters. Firstly, because I thought that they might be an interesting element for a story, and second, because…

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J. E. Landau Jun 17

New Blog Post: The Disunity of Identity
#scifi #philosophy #transhumanism

http://jelandau.com/2026/06/17/the-disunity-of-identity/

The Disunity of Identity

Recently, I have become interested in the philosophy of identity. This is probably not especially surprising to long-term readers given that transhumanism is a recurring topic on this blog and in m…

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J. E. Landau Jun 10

New Blog Post: A Little Relaxation - A Short Story
#scifi #writing #shortstory

http://jelandau.com/2026/06/10/a-little-relaxation-a-short-story/

A Little Relaxation – A Short Story

I decided to buy the machine when my in-laws were visiting. My husband and his father were in a shouting match in the backyard, because I didn’t want them to yell at each other in front of the kids…

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J. E. Landau Jun 3

New Blog Post: The Akashic Record - A Short Story
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#scifi #fiction #writing

http://jelandau.com/2026/06/03/the-akashic-record-a-short-story/

The Akashic Record – A Short Story

Derschmidt’s boss had come in, huffing and puffing and with his face all red, and he glared at Derschmidt like he might glare at a dead insect on a freshly cleaned windshield. Derschmidt, for his p…

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J. E. Landau May 27

The Problem with Greg Egan’s “Dust Theory”

I might talk about Greg Egan too much, but he’s had a lot of interesting ideas. Somewhat recently, I read the book Permutation City based on the recommendation of a few acquaintances, and I really enjoyed it, but I think that the book has a fundamental philosophical problem, which I will attempt to explain here. I am going to be spoiling the hell out of the book, so if you’re worried about that, I really wouldn’t recommend…

http://jelandau.com/2026/05/27/the-problem-with-greg-egans-dust-theory/

The Problem with Greg Egan’s “Dust Theory”

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J. E. Landau May 20

New Blog Post: Time Travel Epistemology
https://jelandau.com/2026/05/20/time-travel-epistemology/
#scifi #sf #timetravel

http://jelandau.com/2026/05/20/time-travel-epistemology/

Time Travel Epistemology

I recently rewatched the movie Sphere, which is based on the Michael Crichton novel of the same name. It is about an expedition to investigate a crashed spacecraft at the bottom of the ocean, which…

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J. E. Landau May 13

New Blog Post: Post-Internet
https://jelandau.com/2026/05/13/post-internet/
#history #technology #future #scifi

http://jelandau.com/2026/05/13/post-internet/

Post-Internet

What comes after the internet as we know it? It’s almost unimaginable at this point to think that we could see a future without the internet as we know it, but it’s easy to discuss an internet that…

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J. E. Landau May 6

New Blog Post: We Are All Transhuman
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#scifi #future #transhumanism

http://jelandau.com/2026/05/06/we-are-all-transhuman/

We Are All Transhuman

Transhumanism is, nominally, a pretty fringe ideology. There are a handful of mildly (in)famous transhumanists, including Bryan Johnson, Martine Rothblatt, Zoltan Istvan, and Elon Musk, although Mu…

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J. E. Landau Apr 29

New Blog Post: Slouching Towards Techno-Thriller
#scifi #writing #fiction

http://jelandau.com/2026/04/29/slouching-towards-techo-thriller/

Slouching Towards Techo-thriller

Recently, I read the novel Seawitch by Alistair MacLean. It was a piece of extruded thriller product from 1977, about a professional terrorist trying to destroy an oil platform owned by the wealthy…

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