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Applied Case

Applied Case: The Werster Crisis

Applied Case: The Werster Crisis

Pokémon speedrunning built extraordinary instruments for verifying runs. It built much weaker instruments for verifying the authority surrounding them.
Aidan Lawson 04 Aug 2026
Applied Case: Iran and the Nuclear Threshold

Applied Case: Iran and the Nuclear Threshold

The bomb did not have to exist for the threshold to begin acting.
Aidan Lawson 04 Aug 2026
Applied Case: The Aug Incident of 2027

Applied Case: The Aug Incident of 2027

Spoilers for Deus Ex: Human Revolution and The Missing Link.
Aidan Lawson 03 Aug 2026
Applied Case: Call Me, I'll Hide The Body

Applied Case: Call Me, I'll Hide The Body

The manuscript passed. Its path became the case.
Aidan Lawson 03 Aug 2026
Applied Case: Psychiatry Before Psychiatry

Applied Case: Psychiatry Before Psychiatry

Psychiatry does not wait at the clinic. It arrives years earlier, inside the language by which distress learns to recognize itself.
Aidan Lawson 01 Aug 2026
Applied Case: Russia and the Buffer Wound

Applied Case: Russia and the Buffer Wound

Russia’s security wound is real. Ukraine is not the bandage.
Aidan Lawson 31 Jul 2026
Applied Case: The Assassination of Charlie Kirk

Applied Case: The Assassination of Charlie Kirk

The debate tent, the founder-body, and the American enemy business.
Aidan Lawson 28 Jul 2026
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