https://magnus919.com/tags/institutional-critique/Recent content in Institutional-Critique on Notes from the Rabbit HoleHugoen© [Magnus Hedemark](https://github.com/magnus919)Sun, 24 May 2026 11:00:02 -0400https://magnus919.com/2026/05/the-tragedy-of-the-uncrossed-campus/Sun, 24 May 2026 11:00:02 -0400https://magnus919.com/2026/05/the-tragedy-of-the-uncrossed-campus/<div class="info-box"> <div class="info-icon"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"> <circle cx="12" cy="12" r="10"></circle> <line x1="12" y1="16" x2="12" y2="12"></line> <line x1="12" y1="8" x2="12.01" y2="8"></line> </svg> </div> <div class="info-content"> This is the third and final part of the series. If you haven&rsquo;t read <a href="https://magnus919.com/2026/05/what-a-spider-knows/">Part 1</a> and <a href="https://magnus919.com/2026/05/the-silicon-spider/">Part 2</a>, the short version: a jumping spider with fewer than 100,000 neurons has a depth perception system so well understood that researchers have modeled it and proposed building a sensor based on it. Nine years later, nothing has been built. This part is about why. </div> </div> <p>I need to start with something that has been bothering me since I started researching this story.</p>