Balanced and Imbalanced Culture
Some of you may remember the “GamerGate” scandal of summer 2014: a female game designer was revealed to have been in a relationship with a games journalist. She immediately came under […]
Salomon’s House
For the several employments and offices of our fellows, we have twelve that sail into foreign countries under the names of other nations (for our own we conceal), who bring […]
Ego Cocoon
I went to Burning Man last week. Overwhelmingly, an excellent experience. Hopefully to be repeated annually ad infinitum. But not entirely blissful. There were extended periods of challenge and struggle, 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, […]
Thoughts on Personality Types
Ask yourself: do you believe that people come in types? Or do you believe that every person is fundamentally, non-trivially unique? Imagine yourself at a party. You see people standing […]
Photography!
Whew. Work and school and the non-profit are demanding. Where can there be respite? Photography. But photography is easy. Anyone can do it, now. Without without standards, without challenge, there’s […]
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 […]
