It’s the Commodification of Attention, Stupid
One of my Big Serious Goals for 2023 is to become more socially connected and make more really good friends in my new city, where I hope to be f...
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The Inconvenience of Convenience: On Being Unreachable
There was a time, not so very long ago, when walking out your door meant you were no longer reachable by anyone who wasn’t physically next to you. At...
Best Books of 2021
I read about 30 books in 2021. Here were the ones that stood out the most; I highly recommend all of these.
Book Review: Digital Minimalism
Every once in a while, I run into an article or book or website that eerily matches what I’ve been thinking about, and sometimes even writing abo...
How to Slow Down
Reading and thinking lately, it’s becoming more and more clear to me that we all feel the world is moving too fast. I don’t pretend this feeling is u...
Why I Hate Texting
Except perhaps for the fax machine, texting is my least favorite extant form of communication. (Come to think of it, fax machines seem kind of cool and r...
Why and How to Follow Websites with RSS
How do you get most of the news and other material you read nowadays? If you’re like most people, a lot of it comes from social media of one type or anot...
The 2018 Concentration Project: A Review
Over the course of 2018, I’ve been undertaking an extended project which I’ve titled the 2018 Concentration Project. The goal was to improve my ability to co...
Why You Still Need To Know Things
It’s hard to learn things, and it’s even harder to remember them after you learn them if you’re not using them constantly. Humanity has had this problem sinc...
