Its stated mission was correspondingly modest: precision-engineered material delivered directly to the reader’s eyeballs, clearing the fog from modern life while keeping things reassuringly organic in an age of increasingly artificial intelligence.

That institutional temperament survives. The production values have improved considerably; the primates remain substantially the same.

We intend to challenge our readers (who presently exist only as a concept), and fully expect that a significant element of that challenge will be discerning the author’s intent.

The original 2024 edition is being reconstructed in the archive rather than rewritten out of existence.