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Nissa Tolton

Nissa Tolton

Your guide to civilization, and much less

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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
  • 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
  • Notes on Dreaming
  • Notes on Heavens
a mischievous woman behind the steerign wheel of a 1970s sedan
  • Dreaming

Dream Companions

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 3 February 202323 March 2026

Get in! I know a very cool dream!

Native content
  • Dreaming

Native content

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 2 February 202330 September 2024

People who report psychedelic trips never report a lack of content. The content is there. The problem seems to be a paywall.

Frustration
  • Philosophy

Frustration

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 1 February 202327 May 2025

It is never appropriate to express frustration. Mind-blowing.

Kasparov’s Warning
  • Blog

Kasparov’s Warning

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 28 January 202314 November 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 202220 February 2026

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.

a girl holds a horse's reigns so theat her older sister can dismount from a wagon, 19th century America
  • Dreaming

Apprentices and Allies

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 26 October 202216 June 2026

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

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 202219 December 2025

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

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