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…
A fan of horror and science fiction from way back, I’ve come across countless references to H. P. Lovecraft, the early 20th-century New England horror story writer who influenced many of the great writers, filmmakers and artists in both genres. …
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…
Detachment is a difficult skill to master. For the most part, our thoughts are intertwined with our emotions. In fact, our feelings and thoughts are such a tangle that most of us are at a loss to know on what…
An Unpopular Culture Survival Guide that Needs Your Help One of the big problems I’ve encountered since exiting social media is not knowing what’s going on in the world. Based on the theory that it’s better to be uninformed than…