Social media, remote work, and vocation (Across the Sundering Seas, #8)
Hello, readers! I spent the week with a bunch of internet friends at EmberConf—I saw a few of you there, in fact, and it was wonderful!—and I have been...
“While They Live” (Across the Sundering Seas, #7)
First, thanks to all the readers who graciously informed me that that last link I shared was the text of David Foster Wallace’s Kenyon College 2005...
Paying More and Better Attention (Across the Sundering Seas, #6)
Three links for you this week, each touching on a theme I’ve hit on in previous weeks but with a slightly different angle. Is There a Case for Racial...
Tech Tyranny, Racism & Heresy, Gender in Video Games, and History on Wikipedia (Across the Sundering Seas, #5)
When I launched the newsletter a month ago, I promised that most of the time I’d be sending out collections of links, and sometimes sending out longer, more...
The Escalator From Hell (Across the Sundering Seas, #4)
I. From a news story (if this seems weird, just stick with me): Miley Cyrus was caught shoplifting from Abercrombie and Fitch on Hollywood Boulevard today....
Mental Landslides. Book Reviews. Oligopolies. (Across the Sundering Seas, #3)
This week, I was deeply engrossed by Alan Jacobs’ The Year of Our Lord 1943. While I have my disagreements with where he lands (see the last issue!), 1943 is...
Have We Already Lost? (Across the Sundering Seas, #2)
I. This week, besides starting a new job, I also started digging into Alan Jacobs’ The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis. It has...
Self-Driving Cars and Social Interaction (Across the Sundering Seas, #1)
I've been thinking out loud about self-driving cars for a few years now, but two articles by Rodney Brooks highlighted a number of concerns that have...