John OhnoAs a magick practitioner the whole “magic is science we don’t understand” thing frustrates me.It’s not totally wrong: magick is full of proto-science. But you can also practice magick without acknowledging any forces not accepted in…·2 min read·Dec 1, 2023----
John OhnoFandom’s two cultures (and third wheel)An expansion and refinement of On Communities.·8 min read·Sep 19, 2022----
John OhnoMedia indoctrination and the patriarchyThere’s a narrative (primarily in second-wave feminist discourse, but still extant) that the media indoctrinates men into a kind of violent…·3 min read·Jun 18, 2022--1--1
John OhnoThere’s this idea that every major shift in media technology produces political instability, and…The most obvious ramification is actually related to how centralized meaning-making ends up being — something that has to do deeply with…·5 min read·Apr 12, 2022----
John OhnoWhenever I complain about dating, there’s a certain kind of guy who sees it, fails to process what…And they all feel entitled to flood my notifications with it, too. Fucking jerks.·2 min read·Apr 12, 2022----
John OhnoPeople who think Torvalds won the Tanenbaum/Torvalds debate & therefore monolithic kernels are…Worse-is-better is one of the most damaging infohazards in tech.·3 min read·Apr 12, 2022----
John OhnoWhen it comes to privacy, regulation is not enoughOpsec is hard. When making opsec decisions, you must decide whether it is safe for you to let some second party know something about you —…·3 min read·Feb 16, 2022----
John OhnoProperty is incompatible with decentralizationA lot of NFT discourse involves people who understand neither intellectual property nor regular property arguing about whether or not it’s…·8 min read·Jan 31, 2022----
John OhnoWhat does it say about society that Seinfeld ended up being much more popular than Mad About You?These two shows about neurotic new yorkers stumbling into elaborate schemes to avoid discomfort and inconvenience began around the same…·4 min read·Jan 23, 2022----
John OhnoReview: Deadly Friend (1986)When you have a monster you’re supposed to empathize with, the charisma of the actor is vital. That’s why Dracula’s Daughter is so much…·2 min read·Jan 22, 2022----