Essays
These are the essays I've written specifically between 2019 and 2022. These represent a lot of my thinking during that time.
Out of the Interface, Back To The Frontier
Published October 2020
Are user interfaces killing progress?
Rediscovering and Using Ancient Ideas: Part 1
Published October 2020
The more control and rigidity you stumble for, the further away you get from what you want.
Tradition Rules Everything Around Me: Rediscovering and Using Ancient Ideas Part 2
Published December 2020
Tradition rules everything around us. We can't escape it, and we shouldn't.
On Uniformity, Disparity, and Where We're Headed
Published 2020
When I was a kid, I loved baseball cards. In my after school YMCA program, I’d trade baseball cards with a friend, another kindred spirit who loved baseball just as much as I did (a lost art, since no one has the patience for baseball anymore). The trading was basic; you’d swap some duplicate card you had for something probably not that exciting. It was a monumental day when you came across an actual blockbuster trade.
When Having Fun Leads to Emptiness
Published 2020
Understanding social technologies, and what happens when economics take over our culture.