Here’s another map-territory relationship that I’ve been thinking about: Labels and objects. The function of a label is to set expectations. It tells y…

Hello hello! The weather is emphatically swinging into spring here in the SF Bay Area. Cheery sunshine = I feel cheery too. One of my friends delivered…

I have thoughts on ~identity~ and ~politics~ that will reach your inbox soon. For now, let’s discuss livestreaming. Artwork by Katherine Vinogradov. I’…

Alert: It has come to my attention that Substack is not yet equipped to direct your replies straight to my inbox. Instead, they land in a general inbox…

The map is not the territory, as they say. A map (and there are various kinds) is an interpretative layer on top of some underlying substance. It would…

Photos by Jason Kasper, here and here. The hedonic treadmill. I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately. How many of us are just trudging forward? We co…

Once upon a time I ran a cyberpunk newsletter called Exolymph. I had to sunset the project because I ran out of interesting things to say about our tec…