Culture

Readings, viewings, listenings, and experiences worth writing about.
Jul 13
New Hills to Die On

New Hills to Die On

Early thoughts on the politics of protocol communities. Part 1.
4 min read
Jul 08
Controlling the Clock

Controlling the Clock

Almost 70 years later, The Trouble with Lichen is right on time.
4 min read
Jun 25
Criminal Neglect

Criminal Neglect

Factory-made killers in the American Northwest.
2 min read
Jun 19
Artifacts of Abandonment

Artifacts of Abandonment

Processing BACKROOMS as boundary object.
3 min read
Jun 14
Temporarily Embarrassed Trillionaires

Temporarily Embarrassed Trillionaires

When the world is all ceiling, no floor
4 min read
Jun 12
The Formula Won

The Formula Won

A speculative artifact about data and football, read back thirteen years later.
6 min read
May 16
Murder Walls and Case Files

Murder Walls and Case Files

Divergence and convergence in the sensemaking process.
4 min read
May 13
Risk-Maxxing on Slate Money

Risk-Maxxing on Slate Money

Podcast: Talking with Felix Salmon about risk and trickle-down eschatologies.
1 min read
May 07
The Ratchet

The Ratchet

Part 5: Why risk-maxxing doesn't reverse.
2 min read
Apr 23
Trickle-Down Eschatology

Trickle-Down Eschatology

Part 4: The urgency flows down, but the safety net doesn't.
6 min read
Apr 05
Landbros and Spinoff Sects

Landbros and Spinoff Sects

America runs on revelation.
2 min read
Dec 27
A lighted No Exit sign.

Risk-maxxing and the Death of the Middle Path

Part 3: Risk-maxxing as a generational trap.
10 min read