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CRITICAL MASS
THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS: SCIENCE · ECONOMICS · THEOLOGY · CANINES On the Maharishi Effect, the Hundredth Monkey, Poverty Mentality, and the Fact That AI Is Now Moving Faster Than God In the voices of those who had no business being right — and were anyway BY IAN NOE · ~8 MINUTE READ I. The Lab, 1898 There is something in the pitchblende that does not behave. I have measured it three times. My husband has measured it twice. The instruments are not br

Ian Noe
Mar 135 min read


Seven Days, Seven Billion Years, and Why Your Dog Is Wiser Than Your CFO
A Unified Field Theory of Fairly Everything THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS · SCIENCE · ECONOMICS · THEOLOGY · CANINES On time dilation, divine scheduling, the peacock's fatal beauty, antlers as capitalism's autobiography, dogs as spiritual advisors, the middle class as a buffering mechanism, and why Australia may have accidentally stumbled onto something. By A Reasonable Person in an Unreasonable Time ~7 minute read Time is not what you think it is. Einstein

Ian Noe
Mar 118 min read


The Beautiful Catastrophe: Genius, Madness, and the Spectrum We All Share.
A brief, scientifically-informed meditation on why some brains burn brighter — and hotter — than others The Beautiful Catastrophe Genius, Madness, and the Spectrum We All Share A brief, scientifically-informed meditation on why some brains burn brighter — and hotter — than others I. So It Goes Here is a thing that is true: the same neurological wiring that can make a person unbearable at a dinner party may also allow them to write the Ninth Symphony while deaf, develop the th

Ian Noe
Mar 117 min read


So It Goes for Young Men
The numbers are bleak, the causes murky, and somewhere in the background, Scott Galloway will not stop reminding you what they all add up to. The American Condition · Vol. XXIV · February 2026 Essay / Social Analysis Listen. Here is a fact that nobody quite knows what to do with: four out of every five people who die by suicide in the United States are men. You can write that down. You can put it on a little card and keep it in your wallet, next to your insurance information

Ian Noe
Feb 1510 min read


A Very Short and Somewhat Silly Guide to Mindfulness
1. Breathe Like You Mean It Sit. Stand. Lie on the floor if you must. Just breathe. Feel the air come in. Feel it go out. That’s it. Your...

Ian Noe
Jun 18, 20252 min read


An Abridged Bible by Dr. Suess and Copyright Issues with AI
For the Holiday Season, I decided to have some fun using AI to make an abridged version of the Bible in the style of Dr. Suess: Genesis...

Ian Noe
Dec 17, 20243 min read


Google’s Quantum Chip May Prove the Multiverse Exists — Because Regular Science Wasn’t Impressive Enough
In today’s edition of “Tech Companies Doing Things That Make Us Feel Extra Stupid,” Google has unveiled Willow , a quantum chip that...

Ian Noe
Dec 16, 20242 min read


The Death of Hollywood or What’s Going to Happen to LA?
I left Los Angeles 3 years ago. It was a sad (and somewhat joyous) departure. I had lived in almost every part of the city over the last...

Ian Noe
Dec 6, 20244 min read


Runway ML’s New Extend Feature and Aspect Ratio Funtime!
Again, here we go... Another big week for AI generative video. Runway just released its new ‘extend frame’ feature, and it’s all over...

Ian Noe
Dec 3, 20244 min read


What's up with the Hands, tho? One of AI's latest hurdles.
As we know, AI is everywhere. Love it or hate it, there's no putting this genie back in the bottle. Or as an old friend of mine use to...

Ian Noe
Nov 30, 20242 min read
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