What I don’t know is if this is a praiseworthy tale of the ability of late capitalism to deliver what I needed, when I needed it, cheaply and well - or a cautionary tale of the ability of late capitalism to make me need it at all. Read more
What I don’t know is if this is a praiseworthy tale of the ability of late capitalism to deliver what I needed, when I needed it, cheaply and well - or a cautionary tale of the ability of late capitalism to make me need it at all. Read more
What if the world operates in such a way that if we ever try to aim our life at any other end than productivity we will fall off the hamster wheel and spend the rest of our life chasing the hamster wheel down the road yelling, "Hamsters, stop! Let me back on!" Read more
The kingdom of justice and peace that George Bailey wants, for two hours, just does not seem to be here yet. Read more
I was fascinated by the people who had to build a new world after everything they thought they assumed turned out to be almost totally useless. Read more
In a world where it becomes very easy to buy one's way to the front of any given line, what happens to those who can't buy their way to the front? Read more
Maybe if it wasn't late capitalism I wouldn't need eyeglasses because I wouldn't have to squint at the computer screen all the time. But maybe if it wasn't late capitalism I would be squinting at everything, because I have 20/400 vision. Read more
Three weeks ago, just after we moved, I was in Kroger, shopping. When I shop I normally price-compare, check coupons, move through the store in order, and generally attack shopping as if it's D-Day and I'm the Allied generals. Somewhere next to the frozen tuna, it all fell apart. Read more
If, like me, you are someone who depends very heavily for your sanity on having things stay where you put them, like the Entwives, moving will test that sanity. Read more
We are now trying to pretend this is an actual human interaction. It's not. It's a bot. I'm OK with it being a bot. Read more
I believe in learning for its own sake as a way of building character and connecting us with the transcendent. I also believe that it wouldn't hurt us to tell people when we're learning things that are learned not for their own sake, or even for our own sake . Read more
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