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Nissa Tolton

Nissa Tolton

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    • Salt Island DiariesShunned by Victorian society at every turn, these women build a society of their own
    • Good-Bye HarajukuLove, speed, capitalism, and post-truth
    • Principle of FlocksHistorical romance, time-travel, and the metaverse
    • Titcomb’s LettersVery particular advice to young people, from 1858 onward.
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  • About
  • Blog
    • Dreaming
    • LGBTQ
    • Philosophy
    • Political
    • Surveillance
    • Technology
  • Books
    • Salt Island DiariesShunned by Victorian society at every turn, these women build a society of their own
    • Good-Bye HarajukuLove, speed, capitalism, and post-truth
    • Principle of FlocksHistorical romance, time-travel, and the metaverse
    • Titcomb’s LettersVery particular advice to young people, from 1858 onward.
  • Short Fiction
    • Audiobooks
    • Scripts
    • Humor
    • Poetry
Kasparov’s Warning
  • Blog

Kasparov’s Warning

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 28 January 202327 May 2025

The point of modern propaganda isn’t only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.

Lucidity
  • Dreaming
  • Philosophy

Lucidity

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 20 November 20223 June 2025

It is the one topic that cannot be discussed

Post-Truth
  • Philosophy

Post-Truth

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 1 November 202227 May 2025

Post-truth is a curated presentation of the truth, for a particular purpose.

Apprentices and Allies
  • Dreaming

Apprentices and Allies

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 26 October 20225 December 2024

A society based on overlapping pair-wise relationships in networks of pairs

A Season to all Things
  • Philosophy

A Season to all Things

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 24 October 202224 April 2023

What is means to be alive is to be aware and purposeful.

The Presumption of Dreaming
  • Dreaming

The Presumption of Dreaming

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 22 October 202230 September 2024

I have long suspected that waking reality is a kind of dream. The truth of the matter is irrelevant.

Moral Superiority
  • Philosophy
  • Political

Moral Superiority

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 22 October 202228 September 2024

Morality is not the basis of higher civilization. It is a threat to higher civilization.

Chaos and Order
  • Philosophy

Chaos and Order

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 21 October 202230 September 2024

To appreciate reality, one needn’t ask why it is the way it is — rather, how

Old-fashioned Warmth
  • Blog

Old-fashioned Warmth

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 17 October 20229 December 2024

Faced with high inflation and war, one might begin to consider situation-appropriate lifestyle changes. In terms of saving energy, there is much we can do. Our ancestors worked out all the heating accommodations we need.

Gaslighting
  • Blog

Gaslighting

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 7 October 20229 December 2024

Only crazy people think it’s happening and only bad people accuse others of it.

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