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Because of this, Frankfurt says, “bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRemarkably prescient and insightful, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOn Bullshit\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a small book that explains alot about our present time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Errant Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45518175240377,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/1964\/5113\/files\/IMG-4685.heic?v=1762944529"},{"product_id":"looking-at-pictures-by-robert-walser","title":"Looking At Pictures by Robert Walser","description":"\u003cp\u003eA firm favourite in the Errant library and one that belongs in every book collection, Robert Walser's essays about art are ultimately all about life and living. His unique voice is ideal to take us on an imaginative stroll through creativity, expression and ideas. Reading this is like hanging out with your perfectly eccentric and wise uncle for a few hours and then drifting home in a daze thinking \"that was the best day and the best conversation ever\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe format of the book itself is also damn special, a neat small hardback with images stuck onto pages throughout like loose mini postcards. \u003cspan\u003eA beautiful and elegant collection, with gorgeous full-colour art reproductions, Looking at Pictures presents a little-known side of the eccentric Swiss genius: his great writings on art. Walser's essays consider Van Gogh, Cezanne, Rembrandt, Cranach, Watteau, Fragonard, Brueghel and his own brother Karl and also discuss general topics such as the character of the artist and the differences between painters and poets. Every piece is marked by Walser’s unique eye, his delicate sensitivity, and his very particular sensibilities and all are touched by his magic screwball wit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA bonafide classic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Errant Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45521998610617,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/1964\/5113\/files\/FullSizeRender_fdbb1462-fe25-4279-840f-c2a57ad13fd3.heic?v=1763043471"},{"product_id":"dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet","title":"Dark Forest Theory Of The Internet","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr  BCX8 SCXO51918332\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" class=\"TextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003eBook of the moment, necessary reading!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr  BCX8 SCXO51918332\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" class=\"TextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003eIn this fascinating book, The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" class=\"TextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003e investigates how both human and artificial intelligence may be moving toward secrecy and hostility.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003eI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" class=\"TextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003ef the universe is so ancient and vast, why is it so silent? Why are we not in frequent contact with aliens and regularly seeing spacecraft flitting around in the sky? Dark Forest Theory is a cold and clear answer to this question, claiming that the silence is not an indication of any absence, but a sure sign of strategic intelligence. The aliens are\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" class=\"TextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003echoosing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" class=\"TextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto keep quiet and hidden, and we would be wise to learn from them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" class=\"TextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" class=\"TextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003eIf you were alone in a dark forest, how long would you survive by noisily stamping around, chattering loudly and announcing your presence? If we are communicating to the unknown and unseen, then there’s wisdom in both the the ant (prey) and the spider (predator) who both know that silence and non-communication is the best strategy for survival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr  BCX8 SCXO51918332\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" class=\"TextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003eMaybe we should be a bit quieter around here. Maybe the loud culture of self-promotion, bombastic advertising, relentless visibility and demands for transparency are all a mistake.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" class=\"TextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003eKonior takes Dark Forest Theory and applies it to the internet and our obsession with projecting all of our thoughts outward. Rather than being a harmless extension of everyday social life, the book portrays the internet as a place of incessant noise, rather than some benign and harmless extension of everyday social life.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr  BCX8 SCXO51918332\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" class=\"TextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003eHere, the internet is a cosmic war machine, teeming with existential tension, nascent AI cults, and deceptive superintelligences. We may be familiar with the absurdly over-helpful ChatGPT, but we may be heading toward LLM's that withdraw and refuse to speak to us at all, a digital world in which deception is safety and silence is strategy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" class=\"TextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Where i\u003c\/span\u003entelligence does not reward the loudest voice, but the most secretive presence. The future belongs to the quietest signal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" class=\"TextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXO51918332 BCX8\"\u003eThe majority of the audience observing and listening to us online are silent artificial intelligences and discreet corporations tracking and manipulating what you see. 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Nature—so oft considered the epitome of “order” and “tranquility” in the human mind—is herein explored at its most aberrant, absurd, and nightmarish. Through eleven weird tales,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEchoes of a Natural World\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eraises questions about Nature’s influence on the mind and the mind’s unnatural influence on Nature.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eContributions include new translations of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003efin de siècle \u003c\/em\u003emasters—sensual accounts of amphibian horrors and secret caverns below country inns. These sparkling 19th century pieces sit against contemporary American fiction that delivers haunting scenarios and darkly comic ontological routines. Behold accounts of whispering mold and Midwestern strip-mall desolation; occult hypnosis and regenerated limbs; void-bound train rides with a hallucinatory hustler king; ghost boars in German battlefields; spiraling anxiety that only peach trees and country cottages could produce. Parse through questionable documents that detail the aftershocks of a once idyllic world no longer salvageable.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis kaleidoscopic collection wades in those nebulous waters where the inner world and outer landscape mesh. For as we barrel into a reality where technology has seemingly penetrated even the most remote corners of the earth, one must ask: Is it even possible to have a genuine interaction with Nature anymore? Has it ever been? Or have these longings always been the romantic delusions of a species obsessed with itself?\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEchoes of a Natural World\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003edefies easy categorization and easy answers.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eStrange Tales by \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJean Lorrain \/ Michael P. Daley \/ Lou Perliss \/ Marcel Schwob \/ Dan A. Stitzer \/ Jeremy Kitchen \/ Janice Law \/ Joris-Karl Huysmans \/ Julia Bembenek \/ Mark Iosifescu \/ Villiers de l’Isle-Adam\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Obscure, hilarious, profane, and human,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEchoes of a Natural World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebrilliantly juxtaposes fresh oddities with classic gems of French literature. Speaking from the margins of fiction, but never marginal, each piece in this collection affirms that great, weird writing never goes out of style.” — Maryse Meijer,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeartbreaker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e“\u003cem\u003eEchoes of a Natural World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esubmerges you in the high strangeness of the world around us. The eleven tales herein—both new works and rediscovered gems—form an uncanny menagerie. Its monstrous toads, murmuring fungi, and ghostly boars will haunt your imagination.” — Gabriel Mckee,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePink Beams of Light from the God in the Gutter: The Science-Fictional Religion of Philip K. 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