Plowshares
or nuclear explosions for the national economy
Second Nature
Second Nature
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On Tinkering
I think many of us have gotten used to telling the story of science in reverse.
Criticizing Computers
Do you ever get really mad at your computer?
A Conversation on Technological Literacy
I spent most this summer in New York City, as a member of Interact s residency cohort.
Seeing Technologically
Recently, I decided to learn to draw.
The Role of the Writer
A colleague of mine recently expressed his view to me that there s nothing new under the sun.
Lindy Structures
I m in the midst of reading one of my favorite books of the year called Structures: Or Why Things Don t Fall Down and I am astounded by the information I m discovering therein.
The Annals of Progress
Humans did not always wish to progress. Unlike the present day, where our lives are consumed by thoughts and decisions made for a coming future, life in antiquity was entirely free from the conception of a future as such.
Ferrante's Philosophy
Elena Ferrante s novels are worlds unto themselves.
Douglass North on Institutions
The late economist Douglass North is one of the most underrated in the field.