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How did LSD become an art form? Erik Davis and Mark McCloud trace the strange evolution of blotter acid from psychedelic tool to collectible visual medium.

In 2024 AI researchers have won the Nobel Prize in Physics and half of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pure AI research and applications.

"The Intellectual Dark Web," a book by Jamie Q. Roberts, provides a compelling history and a thoughtful analysis of one of the most interesting cultural movements of our time.

Hruy Tsegaye argues that freedom of speech, once championed by nations like the U.S., is now under threat and in crisis worldwide, with new enemies emerging from within societies themselves.

Rudy Rucker returns: trippy tales, real grief, and infinite dimensions. A transrealist master laughs through loss and codes joy into every weird word.

Who owns the Singularity—tech oligarchs or DMT-fueled pranksters? R.U. Sirius and Hassan I Sirius say: game on. Control’s mainframe just got weird.