Castalia
Sam Kahn, A. A. KostasIntellectual Journal - essays, stories, reflections
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Are Ethics Really Just Technology?
We were having a conversation in Intellectual Bootcamp — which has been really great by the way, I recommend you join! — and Steven Levy (I’m pretty sure) asked a question about communicative technologies and how they relate to ethics and I...
Andrey Mir's Digital Reversals
ANDREY MIR’s Digital Reversals, 2025
Holy shit, this is a great book. I’d been somewhat aware of Mir — he’s on this platform, I think I rejected an article of his once — but I wasn’t ready for the distilled brilliance of this book, which s...
Can Literature Uncouple From the Market?
Dear Friends,
I have a piece up in on Trump and political realism.
Best,
Sam
CAN LITERATURE UNCOUPLE FROM THE MARKET?
Here’s what literature means to me, and why it appeals to me, roughly in order of priority:
- It’s ambitious. It...
David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs
Dear Friends,
This is part of a recurring series — pieces reflecting on texts from “Intellectual Bootcamp.” If you would like to join the Bootcamp, which meets Fridays at 12pm EST, all you need is a paid subscription to .
Best,
Sam
DA...
Martin Gurri's Revolt of the Public
I’ve written about and The Revolt of the Public many times here. The book, for me, was a kind of cheat code to the whole period from, say, 2014-2024, when just about everything that happened seemed to map onto the conceptual frame that Gur...
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Sam Kahn writes the Substack Castalia.
I write fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews. Author of LUMINOX (poetry, 2026) and THE PILGRIMS (novel, coming soon). And I'm always seeking Him.
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