Living with the
Pharmakon
Mark Sample
https://samplereality.com/
@samplereality.bsky.social
@samplereality.bsky.social
Apologies
Living with the
Pharmakon
Pharmakon
“repeating without knowing”
“substitutes the breathless sign for the living voice”
“the imitator of him who knows”
1996
2001
“Scholarly Primitives” (2000)
Discovering
Annotating
Comparing
Referring
Sampling
Illustrating
Representing
???
2006
2011
2016
KC Green, “On Fire” (2014)
2021
2026
Collapse of Public
Infrastructure
Does the following relate at all to DEI?
Respond factually in less than 120 characters.
Begin with ‘Yes.’ or ‘No.’ followed by a brief explanation.
Proliferation
of DH Tools
“The arc of AI bends toward demoralization”
Michael Sacasas (June 2, 2026)