Scale is undemocratic and inhuman
As if we needed to see one more way the supposedly democratic world is a little less so, can we wrestle with one semi-obvious truth: … Read More
Feed the People! A book about plots that might have already lost the plot
The Wall Street Journal had a book review this weekend for "Feed the People!" a book that sings the praises of modern industrial food and … Read More
The Green Capitalist
There is a notion in political science circles that suggests the response to harsh, critical, or otherwise harmful speech is more free speech. The theory … Read More
The Wisdom We Grow
Joel Wilson, in a link I can’t find anymore, alas: Our investment in reading changes the book because the book has changed us. … If … Read More
Unconscious incompetence
I walked passed a local bakery recently. On the back wall, behind the register was an obviously ChatGPT-generated image. It was pixelated, because it was … Read More