The Heroics of “Back to the Future”
“A vital person vitalizes. The world is a wasteland.” — Joseph Campbell I. On Heroics Since reading The Hero With a Thousand Faces last winter, I have been thinking a […]
Category Archives: Politics and Society
Containing posts discussing social issues and theory, political issues and theory, and the occasional affair with economics.
Protected: On Relationships: A Guide for Trolls
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The Image
I went to an amazing exhibit today. Public, Private, Secret at the International Center of Photography in the East Village. The exhibit consisted of a variety of visual media, mostly […]
Letter to a Young Cooperator
Standing door duty at one of the breakout sessions at Personal Democracy Forum, a session titled “Labs for Social and Economic Empowerment”, I hear a familiar refrain: I’m a student, […]
Some Trends Regarding Technology and Society
Some trends to think about: First, consider the shift from desktop and laptop computers towards mobile phones and tablets as most people’s primary source of computation, and their principal gateway to the […]
Robert and Amman
Robert: Good morning. Amman: Hello. Robert: Shall we begin? Amman: Yes. beat Robert: My people are worried, cousin. They sense that they are being misunderstood. Amman: I am aware. It is […]
Two Kinds of Work
I was studying probability with Hannah, a classmate of mine, earlier tonight and our conversation found its way to the kinds of work we might want to seek out after […]
The Purpose of New York
Everyone on the trains always look so sad… – Dianne Dianne is a particularly special friend of mine, from long ago and far away. She recently wrapped up her undergrad career […]
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