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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Why Elon Musk Bought Twitter

When all politics were still local
to exert power you were required
to go where the people were gathered
 
In cyberspace all politics are nodal
and to exert power you require the people
to go through you in order to gather

Other works by Chris Gaither...
You Will Never Find a More Wretched Hive of Pride and Prejudice and You Will Never See the Knife in Your Back

In polite society The most threatening words are alw… I’m disappointed in you Which is politesse for There’s a knife in you
Big Pharma, Big Tech, Big Savings

Why would they still offer A penny for our thoughts When they can buy in bulk
I Only Drink Crocodile Tears

If they cut a deal with the devil to cut you loose without ever having to cut the crap they’ll cut right to the chase and… how much it saddens them to cut ti…
If You’re Going to Bring Up a Problem, Then Offer a Solution

The problem is we’re running out of time and the only solution is playing the long game
I Might Have Known

They couldn’t have been more obvio… in their preparations for the surp… trusting that I was the type loathe to ruin my own surprise
Relationships Begin with Chemistry and End with Alchemy, but Where Chemistry Is a Science, Alchemy Is a Mystery: The Work of Marriage Is Never Done, Which Is How It’s Done

If the honeymoon is over And things have gone leaden Rejoice, you have a lot of work to… Which is known as the golden age
You Are Guaranteed to Lose Your Soul in a Deal with the Devil Because It’s Only a Deal with the Devil If There Is No Risk Involved

We are on the cusp of a great cala… The war of all against all Will commence as soon as No one lifts a finger Do not be fooled–
Seven Ways for the World to End Without Completely Ending, Ranked

7. “Strategic” nuclear war: Assured destruction = yes, but mut… 6. Giant asteroid hits earth: No one to blame 5. Cyber war:
The Trial

Life is a trial in which the more you obey the guiltier you become Miraculously
Even Old Thom Yorke Was Once a Sonogram

Rock and roll will never die because OK Computer replaced the world with itself
Prey Is Both Verb and Noun, i.e. It’s All-consuming

The biggest change in my lifetime Has been the change in the meaning… They don’t have a prayer It used to mean They don’t have a chance
Modern Materialists Only Smear Their Class Frenemies With Fair Trade Mustard

It happened to me That I happened to be And before I knew what was happen… I’d happened upon a crowd Who happened to have some Grey Po…
Fitting in Is Now as Easy as Forgetting Who You Are

You can’t put a square peg in a round hole but you can put a JPEG in a memory hole
At the Existential Risk of Stating the Obvious

In the latest version of Captain… Captain America’s archenemy is Captain Obvious for all the obvious reasons
Under the Sun

The difference between art and rea… is that the artist is doomed to re… the triumphs of the past



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