Mindblown: culture, urbanism, leadership, technology.
-
motd: 20250830
Welcome to the patch notes of the future. Bug fix: Your fear.
-
motd: 20250823
The force awakens. And it’s got a wrench, not a lightsaber
-
Framework for Creator’s Outputs
Creation takes many forms. Being able to see those forms accurately and arrange them in a way that makes it clear is important. Mechanization didn’t make this less important, but it did integrate better into the world because what it created it remained atoms. Computation does not integrate into the world because what it creates…
-
motd: 20250816
You matter. Even if the system says you’re miscellaneous
-
the eight factories every city needs to build before it’s too late
When we talk about climate, collapse, or resilience, we usually end up in the same cul-de-sac: we need better leaders, better policies, better apps. But we don’t. What we urgently need is physical infrastructure that lasts. Infrastructure we can control, repair, and replicate. Not another app. Not another subsidy. Not another committee hearing on “resilience.”…
-
motd: 20250802
Dissent is the prime directive now.
-
motd: 20250726
Freedom is a piano solo played in the wrong key with perfect timing.
-
motd: 20250719
The wind knows your name. The algorithm doesn’t. That is your advantage.
-
another thought exercise
Previously, I talked about how much money a billionaire could spend and have it feel like a normal person buying a cup of coffee by setting up a thought exercise: on the day you were born, you’re handed a trust fund designed to run out the day you died, 100 years later. Every day of…
-
every state should do these three things to survive the coming dystopia
The Federal government is paralyzed by ideology, bloated with corruption, and increasingly unable or unwilling to deliver basic functions. The collapse of federal coherence has forced states to become sovereign in everything but currency. That’s a longer conversation. But for states now forced to confront real-world crises dumped at their doorstep by federal abdication, it…