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Kirsten Hacker

Kirsten Hacker

The Hive

Someone recently asked me to come up with a concept for publishing that would fix some problems in the industry, so here it is. It is a…

Apr 23, 2021

The Hive

Apr 23, 2021

Kirsten Hacker

A Publishing Industry Mystery is Unraveling

How strange it must have seemed to the authors of Oona out of Order and the Midnight Library that their books had so many unusual…

Nov 29, 2020

A Publishing Industry Mystery is Unraveling

Nov 29, 2020

Kirsten Hacker

LIGO’s Delusions of Grandeur

I remember being given Sea Monkeys as a Christmas present when I was a child. The package showed an amazing aquatic world inhabited by…

Nov 26, 2020

LIGO’s Delusions of Grandeur

Nov 26, 2020

Kirsten Hacker

Artefacts of A Collapsing Industry

J.K. Rowling’s first novel was rejected twenty-two times, but this doesn’t help you understand the present-day publishing climate.

Nov 21, 2020

Artefacts of A Collapsing Industry

Nov 21, 2020

Kirsten Hacker

How to Destroy Talent

I recently read a story about how the fastest girl in America was broken down by a training regimen designed by idiots and it reminded me…

Mar 29, 2020

How to Destroy Talent

Mar 29, 2020

Kirsten Hacker

Truth and Beauty

Why do we find truth beautiful? This question gets to the heart of how people give meaning to their lives. We see a complex world and try…

Nov 14, 2019

Truth and Beauty

Nov 14, 2019

Kirsten Hacker

One Theory to Explain it All

[a tongue in cheek look at physics]

Nov 14, 2019

One Theory to Explain it All

Nov 14, 2019

Kirsten Hacker

The Shocking Treatment of Three Naomis

[trigger warning: this is about traumatic medical treatments]

Nov 14, 2019

The Shocking Treatment of Three Naomis

Nov 14, 2019

Kirsten Hacker

Chain Fountains

If you are looking for real-life magic, check out a chain fountain. When a lightweight chain or string of beads falls out of a jar, the…

Oct 26, 2019

Chain Fountains

Oct 26, 2019

Kirsten Hacker

There and Back Again... A Physicist’s Tale

I am going to explain how gravity is related to the quantum uncertainty principle, but to motivate this explanation, I first need to…

Oct 26, 2019

There and Back Again... A Physicist’s Tale

Oct 26, 2019

Kirsten Hacker

Kirsten Hacker

Looking for a funny, satirical novel about technosocial evolution? Look no further. https://www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-text&rh=p_27%3AKirsten+Hacker&s=relevance

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