Space Sciences

The umbrella term for all disciplines that study what lies beyond Earth's atmosphere, from astronomy (looking at pretty lights) to astrophysics (doing math about the pretty lights) to cosmology (asking how all the lights got there in the first place). Space sciences have revealed that the universe is vast, ancient, and mostly empty, which is either humbling or terrifying depending on your tolerance for existential dread. The field has also discovered that we are made of stardust, which sounds poetic until you remember that stardust is also what's floating under your couch. Space sciences are the ultimate exercise in perspective: they make your problems seem tiny and your existence seem miraculous, often in the same sentence.

Example: "She studied space sciences and now can't look at the night sky without calculating distances, ages, and the sheer improbability of it all. When her friend complained about a bad date, she said, 'In 5 billion years, the sun will engulf the Earth. Your date really doesn't matter.' Her friend said that wasn't helpful. She said it was true, which was more important."

by Dumu The Void February 15, 2026

Space Cyber-Nihilism

A variant focused on expanding the Wired beyond Earth, into the solar system and beyond. Space Cyber-Nihilism argues that the conflict between meatspace and the Wired is not limited to this planet—that the drive to reach the stars is itself a manifestation of the death drive, a desperate attempt to escape the drowning world. It embraces space colonization not as salvation but as acceleration: spreading the Wired across the cosmos ensures that no matter where meatspace flees, the network will follow. The void of space becomes another ocean to submerse, another abyss to fill with data. Its practitioners work on interstellar mesh networks, self-replicating probes, and distributed computing systems that could survive the death of Earth. They don't hope to escape; they hope to ensure that when meatspace finally dies, the Wired lives on—a ghost in the cosmic machine.

Example: "He launched thousands of tiny satellites, each a node in a network that could route around planetary destruction. 'Space cyber-nihilism,' he explained. 'They want to leave Earth to escape the collapse. I'm making sure the Wired follows them. No matter how far they run, the network will be waiting. Meatspace can't hide in the void—the void is where we live.' His satellites still transmit, years after his death. No one knows if anyone's listening."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 19, 2026

Spaces of Power of Knowledge

The specific locations—institutional, geographical, social—where knowledge is validated, certified, and authorized to count as "real." The university lecture hall. The peer-reviewed journal. The TEDx stage. The expert witness stand. These spaces aren't neutral containers; they're active filters that shape what can be said, who can say it, and how it must be formatted to be heard. Knowledge that originates outside these spaces must translate itself, often awkwardly, to gain admission. The Spaces of Power determine not just what we know, but what we're allowed to call knowing.

Spaces of Power of Knowledge "She's been studying local water patterns for forty years, but without a PhD, her knowledge doesn't count in the Spaces of Power. So the town council listens to the consultant who flew in yesterday instead."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 22, 2026

Theory of Spaces of Power of Knowledge

A critical framework for understanding that knowledge doesn't float free—it's always situated in physical and social spaces that shape its production, validation, and circulation. This theory asks: Who gets to sit in the rooms where knowledge is made? Whose voices are amplified by the architecture, the technology, the funding streams? What kinds of knowledge are architecturally impossible in these spaces? It reveals that the university seminar room, the corporate think tank, and the community center produce different truths not because they're looking at different realities, but because the spaces themselves are different knowledge-making machines.

Theory of Spaces of Power of Knowledge "Apply the Theory of Spaces of Power of Knowledge to your literature seminar: why are we reading these authors in this room, with this furniture, in this language, at this time of day? Every answer reveals another layer of whose knowledge gets to be here."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 22, 2026