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Beautiful Fidelities

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What Would Moses Say to People Who Feel Free to Ask God for Good Weekend Weather

The God of Moses is holy, offering no seat belts or other safety features to those who wish to climb the mountain and enter the dark cloud of divine presence. Those who go assume all risk and give up all claim to reward.

Spring Break: A Basketball Audible

We were headed to Tennessee to visit my MIL when she and her husband both came down with covid...

Spells and Prayers of Distributed Localism

The general vibes of these post-hope times is the dissolution of techno-optimism, often expressed in a techno-nostalgia...and the experience of techno-theology mirror the religious

What's the Situation, and What Can I Do About It?

A must read: Despite the horrors, the laundry must be done; Despite the laundry, the horrors must be faced...

Václav Havel on Hope

I had breakfast with a mentor a couple of weeks ago. I hadn’t seen him in well over a year....

The Utility Is a Bug Not a Feature

those unbelievable people who can construct an identity without the use of online hot-takes

The Attention Economy Monetizes Our Fear of Boredom

...something we're seeing in grand scale with Elon Musk right now who [has], in a deep theological sense, fallen pray to deep wickedness, born of his absolutely compulsive desire for attention and diversion.

The AI Predicted American Salvation

The AI was built by first-generation immigrants with Ferraris in the final years of gasoline, who believed destiny just an accumulation of unknown facts

Molli and Max in the Future Predicts the Future

I randomly started watching Molli and Max in the Future on the bald logistics baron’s video streaming service. It took three nights to find the time to finish it, but I really enjoyed it....

I Have Hope

I do not know how or why it arrived. Obviously everything is terrible. But I have a hypotheses about what happened....

Damien Jurado Live at St. Mark's Cathedral

When the genteel masses aren't using their cathedrals to assuage their barely-audible consciences the real truth tellers and worshipers will fill their walls with beauty and hope

We Should All Treasure Our Own Tiny Corners

It occurs to me that just like resistance to political authoritarianism must start locally, so must this resistance to technological authoritarianism.

A Frozen Sunday Morning

Random excerpts from my paper notebook...

What Is Hope?

Hope is a feat of the imagination, both courageous and ingenious, a vitality that inspires us to take innovative action to defend the world. Hope is essential to our survival and our flourishing.

2024 in Review

Last year, I left my day job and started new projects. This year, I started new projects, then left all the projects behind and started a new day job.