People think anybody can write, until they have to write something. With so many things in the world that suck, it’s astounding we’ve chosen to focus on straws. In the online world, we prioritize convenience over security, and sharing over…
Category: Culture
I’ve always wanted to be in cahoots with somebody. I used to take the path of least resistance, but it was too exhausting. If you could devote your life to the study of one subject, what would it be? There…
I always wondered how Franz Kafka got his story ideas. Now I know he must have owned an LG refrigerator and tried to get it repaired. I saw some guy in a uniform at the health club carrying an enormous…
It’s now been a couple months since I quit Twitter, making an occasional checkin on LinkedIn my only social media activity. The transition is going much, much better than expected. I thought I would go through withdrawal, feeling out of…
Emotionalism in politics is the easy way out. It’s a way of ignoring the downsides of one’s position. Social media is the conduit through which mental sewage splatters onto the public square. Grand gestures are usually empty gestures. The most…