adventures in assimilation
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings.” — Ursula K. Le Guin Oligarchy and capitalism are literally burning up our world. … Continue reading →
In the last post, we talked about how debt is an instrument, not a smell. We carry forward the intentionality and the financial metaphor into the thinking for this post. In particular, we want you to remember Building from these Continue reading
I had a lovely chat with Kate Chapman and Tom Henderson recently, where we discussed how the shape of technical debt is changing as people become “genie wranglers” and “robot life coaches” (their clever terms, not mine). Specifically, what does Continue reading
Alongside emergent organizing (which I also have a bone to pick with), there has been a lot of talk about “abundance mindset.” It never sat very well with me. I tried in 2024 to make it my phrase of the Continue reading
A long-time friend and fellow academic nerd is working on her pHd, and had some questions for me. One was Do you think of relationships that are almost entirely text based as real? Or even entirely text-based? Like things you re Continue reading
We sure do like routine and structure in this house. We live and die by our shared calendar. Reed and I have a Discord with 26 channels in it. We re constantly setting and using checklists and reminder functions. We clean Continue reading
There s this woman an ex partner left me for. I had moved to the Bay Area in part based on this relationship, but in 2016 my job fell apart, which led to a conversation about how serious the relationship was, Continue reading
So I picked up some event radios for small neighborhood events, and also to distribute to neighbors so we have an easier time when an earthquake happens and comms go down. When I was unemployed last round, I finally embraced Continue reading
I hang out with the Berkman-Klein nerds sometimes still, mostly through a recurring Philosophy of Technology session. Reed sent me this article awhile back on the misuse risks of AI, on which he got sidetracked about how the way the Continue reading
I had a lovely birthday. In-laws took us out to a very nice steak dinner the day before. The day of, Reed, Locke, and I had Italian Hot Beef and wandered the Field Museum before heading home on a flight Continue reading
This is the third of three checkins during 6 months of not drinking. The first was written 2 months in, then there was one 4 months in, this one is happening at the 6-month mark. Things that have changed since last Continue reading