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Friday, September 11, 2026 · Vol. 1
Steadcast
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From the editor· Updated Mon, Sep 7
Consciousness remains a slippery target, especially when Dan Dennett argues that the whole of our mental experience boils down to a collection of separate judgments. We track that argument in Ep. 399: Dan Dennett's Model of Mind (Part Two). Meanwhile, structural choices dictate how we inhabit our surroundings. Peter Stutchbury explains in Peter Stutchbury: Voices, sky, land and folk that his architectural concepts originate directly from the land, even when working within heavily urbanized environments by stripping away existing structures to examine the underlying terrain. Elsewhere, historical power dynamics come with physical intimidation. Lucy Worsley recounts in What's it like to live in a royal palace? that grand royal residences were literally designed to overwhelm visitors with the might of the monarchy.
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