The Schematism · Rhymes Across Domains
Sean Stevenson
I write The Schematism, essays that look for rhymes across domains: clocks and cosmologies, magic and machines, old questions reoccupied by new answers.
This site is the permanent home for the essays, along with shorter notes, book club pieces, and what I'm reading.
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All essays →Essays
The Art of Nature
There used to be more bugs on the windshield
Looking for Durée
Why time doesn’t flow—we’re the ones that move
Circular Error
Why the ideas we build on are the ones that are almost right
Babel Was a Clue
Reading an AI encyclical for the small signal of a large, slow change
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All notes →Notes
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All →Book Club
Pieces written for the Contraptions book club.
Looking for Durée
Circular Error
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Full shelf →Library
Currently reading
Beyond Nature and Culture
Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty
The Revolt of the Masses
Logics of History
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All →Projects
Time Books Timeline
An interactive timeline across five books about time, from Longitude to The Physicist and the Philosopher.