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  • digital metabolic rift

    The digital metabolic rift: Why do we live beyond our means online?

    Originally published: Digital Society Blog on July 24, 2025 by Nele Buß (more by Digital Society Blog) (Posted Aug 28, 2025)

    A quick tap on Google Maps, a casual search query, a video to unwind at the end of the day—our digital lives feel light and limitless.

Monthly Review Essays

  • Parallel Universes
    Andy Merrifield

    Anybody who’s ever leafed through Finnegans Wake will quickly recognize that we’re not dealing here with a standard novel, just as anybody leafing through Marx’s Capital will know we’re not dealing with standard economics.

Lost & Found

  • Honor the Vietnamese, Not Those Who Killed Them
    Michael D. Yates A Vietnamese stamp depicting two Vietnamese resistance fighters shooting down a US Army helicopter.

    Only the courage of those who opposed the war, including the soldiers who did so at great risk, should be respected.

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