Was the experience of meditation for 500 minutes "worth it"?
Thoughts on “Capital and Ideology” – 1
Here I discuss my thoughts so far on Piketty's newest work.
Taking a Side in “The Alienist”
At some point, we defend things that we believe are better than what others think.
I Guess I Have to Keep Talking About Schools
What grammar lesson is worth coronavirus spread?
I Subscribed to Harper’s Magazine
A new year, a new subscription.
Teacher Demographics and Coronavirus
The better you were at helping people get older, the harder climb you have now.
Grounding the Ethereal: Rachel Cusk’s Word Choice
Cusk's Outline Trilogy seems so similar in their style. How do we parse them out?
Recommending John Adams on This Day of Our Independence
Happy Independence Day.
Response to an Op-Ed
"Boll-weevil’s coming, and the winter’s cold" -Jean Toomer
It is Time to Re-Read
What are people looking for when they try something again?
Ambiguity in the Hitman Games
Some of the best video games allow you to play a philosophy without even knowing it.
Lessons from The Lost Generation – Positive Side Effects
How best do we fight despondency?
PSA – Effective Altruism
All gifts are created equal, but some gifts are more equal than others.
Donald Trump Explicitly Put People at Risk
What if the reason for Tulsa rally participants sitting close together was the Trump campaign's own design?
Review – Hulu’s “The Great” – The Personal and the Political
How does Hulu's raunchy miniseries hold up?
Analyzing “Stronger Together” – The California Public Schools Guide for Safe Reopening
Are we going to look back in August and wonder how we were ever so positive?
Milton’s Lost Paradise, the Reminder of Failure, and Longing for Success
What are the easy attitudes in our mind that we must betray?
Steam Sale is Coming, and I Cannot Stop Playing Video Games
Can I rationalize my video game playing?
Aliens (1986) in 2020
I want more of this.
“Summer” by Louise Glück
Welcome to summer. What does my favorite poet think of it?
The Left Hand and the Right Hand
What can we gather from a rally during coronavirus?
“Everything Must Go”
How far does meaning go before it loses its usefulness?
Cultural Evolution > Biological Evolution
Why is progress so difficult?
The Friendly Search – The Witness
How do you empower a relationship through a video game?
The Lana Del Rey Summer Playlist
Lana Del Rey, if you can read this, I need you right now.
Musings on Literacy – 2 – Endangered/GMO Minds
Is reading a democratic skill? Or will it be a specialty all its own?
The Selfish Gene and Video Games – Genre Machines
Does creativity really mean "new"?
On the Subject of Opening Schools in the Fall – Questions to Ponder
School is mostly over for summer break. What happens in the fall?
Voice Over in Film – Ad Astra
When do directors use voice over and when does it work?
Musings on Literacy – 1 – Catherine the Hyper-literate
The beginning of a new series on literacy.
Six Years In – Our Anniversary
How my wife is still here I do not understand.
Purity in a Pandemic – The End
All done! Here's what I thought.
Purity in a Pandemic – And It’s Out Now (End of Part Six)
Information information everywhere, and not a drop to drink.
Meaning as Suffering – Mount Eerie’s “A Crow Looked at Me”
Pain is mandatory, suffering is mandatory.
Purity in a Pandemic – Exhuming the Past (End of Part Five)
The mind is its own place, and it can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.
The Friendly Search – Escape from Tarkov
What is the context for Escape From Tarkov's success?
Purity in a Pandemic – Tom’s Legalist Annabel
How did YOUR parents give the birds and the bees talk?
Opening and Closing of Minds and Spaces
Are we going to teach what works, or what makes us feel better?
Purity in a Pandemic – Tom’s Origin Story
Tom Aberrant attempts to place his shortcomings in a context.
Measuring Value
Will we continue to equate profit with value in this country?
Purity in a Pandemic – On the Subject of Liking the Characters (End of Part Four)
No one looks innocent now.
Saying Goodbye to the Whole Affair
How did we get into the Golden Age of Television?
Linus Tech Tips and “The Meritocracy Trap”
We're all in the rat race now.
Building Rather than Tearing – Trump’s Weakness
The profound moments in America's history lie in methodically admitting its errors.
Purity in a Pandemic – Inherited Wealth
You offer what was given to you.
Purity in a Pandemic – Pip and Annabel (End of Part Three)
Run the story? Or sit on it for too long?
The Friendly Search – Sea of Thieves
Does Sea of Thieves really understand the ocean?
Purity in a Pandemic – Leila’s Calculated Choices
When is love enough to forego reason?
Purity in a Pandemic – Hypocrisy (End of Part Two)
We reach the end of Andreas Wolf's origin story.
I Finally Watched “Joker”
I am grasping at straws for why I kept watching
