Kessler syndrome
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Kessler syndrome is a recurring concept in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between July 27, 2021 and September 20, 2021. The archive places it in contexts such as “fascinating about Kessler syndrome”; “to attack the actual satellites would begin a Kessler Syndrome that would deny space to Earth”. It most often appears alongside New York, United States, 4chan.
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- Category: Concepts
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: July 27, 2021
- Last seen: September 20, 2021
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- New York (2 shared issues)
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- United States (2 shared issues)
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- 4chan (1 shared issues)
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- A Clockwork Orange (1 shared issues)
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- Adrenochrome (1 shared issues)
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- Andrew Gelman (1 shared issues)
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- ArrangedMarriages.co (1 shared issues)
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- Artir (1 shared issues)
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- Aztecs (1 shared issues)
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- Berlin Wall (1 shared issues)
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- Bobobob (1 shared issues)
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- Bore War (1 shared issues)
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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
Analytical Storytellers will be able to pitch the tone and content of their essays to a smart but not stuffy audience. Essays will connect with readers who possess the relevant subject-matter expertise, while also appealing to a layperson who is open-minded, but may not yet understand what’s so fascinating about Kessler syndrome or photonic tensor cores. After reading, however, they will.
Inline links: Kessler syndrome, photonic tensor cores
Imagine a future in which Earth’s dominant ISP is constructed, maintained, administered, and governed by Martians, who operate it for free as a public-relations campaign. And Earth can’t do anything about it except try to jam the airwaves and confiscate end-user terminals, because to attack the actual satellites would begin a Kessler Syndrome that would deny space to Earth.