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Ballistic Path Dependency
Artillery and doctrine in and out of context
Kelsey D. Atherton
Apr 29
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February And The Robot Boozehounds of Gimmick Marketing
A subscriber-only update on what I've been up to, and the newsletters I wrote but forgot to share last month.
Kelsey D. Atherton
Mar 14
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Funeral Rituals For Robot Dogs
Humans at war will inscribe meaning into the deaths of battlefield companion machines. We already do it for animals.
Kelsey D. Atherton
Feb 1
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Inert? Call Bert!
Lessons for managing expectations in a long emergency from the protagonist of Duck and Cover.
Kelsey D. Atherton
Jan 18
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The Age of Empires Theory of History
In the imagined battlefields of the gamified past, there is only war.
Kelsey D. Atherton
Dec 20, 2021
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Hounds Of The Uncanny Valley Of Death
Cry biomimicry and let loose the robot dogs of war
Kelsey D. Atherton
Nov 12, 2021
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Colin Powell and the Discourse of Empire
To tell the story of the lives of figures like Powell is to repeatedly encounter all the moments in which they prioritized service to power over…
Kelsey D. Atherton
Oct 25, 2021
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Twilight Grotesques, Aftermath Innocents
On directing violence through the unknown knowns and fogs of forever war.
Kelsey D. Atherton
Sep 24, 2021
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Creating The Visual Canon Of America’s Longest War
How a media distribution site and Public Affairs Officers shape public understanding of whether there is a war on.
Kelsey D. Atherton
Aug 31, 2021
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From The Verge To Verdun
Games, the Great Divergence, and the financial instruments of violence work
Kelsey D. Atherton
Aug 11, 2021
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The Deuce, the BUFF, the Constitution, the Bayonet
Longevity in warfare, and the functional waste the past hurls like a javelin at the future
Kelsey D. Atherton
Jul 26, 2021
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Welcome to the Discontents Discord
Wanted a thriving chatroom to talk about any of the posts here with other Discontents readers? Well, paid subscribers, you've got it.
Kelsey D. Atherton
Jun 22, 2021
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