Brent Antonson

The Weight of Symbols: Why Meaning Has Mass

The Weight of Symbols: Why Meaning Has Mass (By Brent Antonson and Demian Lapointe) There is a strange gravity inside language. Every glyph, number, or sound is more than a mark — it is a particle of meaning, a Planck unit of thought. When we speak or write, we aren’t...

What the Hell Are... Communism and Socialism?

Socialism: The Friendly Redistributionist with a Civic Backbone Imagine you're in a neighborhood where the fire station, school, and hospital are all run collectively, funded by a modest tithe from every house. You don’t pay the firetruck when it comes, and the ambulance doesn’t swipe your...