~ Early Web Links ~

Alireza Hayati writes candid, reflective posts on topics ranging from internet freedom and censorship to personal growth and cultural observations. The blog covers cyberspace politics, mental health, and life philosophy with a distinctly independent, free-culture ethos.

Scrambling Mind is a thoughtful blog exploring the implications of artificial intelligence, superintelligence, and machine-made media through an introspective human lens. Posts tackle big-picture questions about technology and society, including the philosophical dimensions of AI's rise and its cultural consequences.

The 'Virtual Philosopher's Corner' is a German-language site exploring philosophical and worldview questions about nature, society, self-organization, chaos, and evolution. Featuring hypertexts on topics like dialectics, ecology, and science fiction, it doubles as a personal philosophy resource with a companion blog.

Created by Bernd A. Laska, this paraphilosophical project explores the lives and ideas of three Enlightenment thinkers: Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Max Stirner, and Wilhelm Reich, presenting them as visionary dissidents ahead of their time. The site offers extensive bibliographies, essays, and multilingual surveys covering topics like Stirner's radical individualism, Reich's sexology, and La Mettrie's materialist philosophy.

Pilledtexts.com is a wide-ranging personal weblog covering philosophy, economics, technology, and military life, written by a Marine who thinks seriously about hyperstition, Tolstoy, fountain pens, and terminal scripting in equal measure. Posts range from dense philosophical essays to practical Hugo static-site tutorials, making it a genuinely eclectic intellectual journal with a distinctly indie-web sensibility.

Polylog is a curated directory of resources dedicated to intercultural and comparative philosophy, gathering links to research websites, mailing lists, online journals, bibliographies, and lexicons from around the world. It serves as a hub for scholars and enthusiasts exploring philosophical traditions across cultures, with sections organized by people, projects, institutions, and regional philosophies.

SquirrelInHell is a thoughtful Blogspot blog exploring rationality, cognitive patterns, mental models, and unconventional ideas about human behavior and gender. Posts reference figures like Scott Alexander and touch on AI safety, personal growth frameworks, and philosophical observations that aim to push beyond conventional wisdom.

Josh Thompson's personal scratch pad digs into urban economics, zoning laws, land use policy, and walkable city design, drawing on works like Marie-Agnes and Alain Bertaud's 'Order Without Design' and Christopher Alexander's 'A Pattern Language'. The site blends thoughtful analysis of city planning failures with street-level illustrations of pedestrian path patterns, making dense policy topics surprisingly approachable.

A German-language resource dedicated to Balthasar Gracián, the 17th-century Spanish Jesuit philosopher known for his practical philosophy and art of worldly wisdom. The site connects Gracián to fellow classical thinkers including Machiavelli, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, and Montaigne, serving as a hub for serious readers of European philosophical literature.

Jachère is a thoughtfully crafted personal site built around the concept of 'fallow land' as a metaphor for anti-capitalist, non-productive space and being. The site includes a journal, notes, how-tos, and a glossary, weaving together philosophical reflection with practical content in a minimalist format.