Come on out to the ACX (Astral Codex Ten) Montreal Meetup! This week, we're discussing E. Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction, by David Foster Wallace. It's an essay about how TV absorbed irony so completely that sincere fiction became impossible, until writers willing to look naive start making it possible again.
It's a rather long read (~21k words), feel free to read as much as you can. The core argument is laid out in the first half.
Please suggest topics or readings for future meetups on this form.
Venue: McGill University Library, HSSL M3-37A. Date & Time: Saturday, March 28th, 2026, 2PM-4PM.
RSVP by clicking "Going" at the top of this post.
Send a message on our Montreal Rationalists Discord on channel #meetup-general if you have trouble finding us or any other issues.
Please also join the mailing list and our Discord server if you haven't already. We host biweekly ACX Montreal meetups, so join us if you don't want to miss any of them!
Different venue than usual.
Come on out to the ACX (Astral Codex Ten) Montreal Meetup! This week, we're discussing E. Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction, by David Foster Wallace. It's an essay about how TV absorbed irony so completely that sincere fiction became impossible, until writers willing to look naive start making it possible again.
It's a rather long read (~21k words), feel free to read as much as you can. The core argument is laid out in the first half.
Please suggest topics or readings for future meetups on this form.
Venue: McGill University Library, HSSL M3-37A.
Date & Time: Saturday, March 28th, 2026, 2PM-4PM.
RSVP by clicking "Going" at the top of this post.
Send a message on our Montreal Rationalists Discord on channel #meetup-general if you have trouble finding us or any other issues.
Please also join the mailing list and our Discord server if you haven't already. We host biweekly ACX Montreal meetups, so join us if you don't want to miss any of them!
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