For my disaffected friends: facing this moment requires embracing conflicting paradigms.

A brief thought on the virus, CDC guidelines, and #scicomm.

Is a new kind of politics possible?

Have they considered not being so repressed?

Why is it so hard to name the primary forces driving democratic backsliding?

So much for the daily blogging habit. Here's a lazy list of things on my mind: accessing money in academia, getting off Google, and the fog of identity and war.

The birthday present I'm asking for: dig deep into your energy reserves and make some noise for democracy this week and next.

Will replacing the attention economy with a speculation economy really more fairly distribute power?

It's weird to write a piece about innovation stagnation and not really mention wealth inequality.

What would the world be like if Zuck had paid attention to his Facebook comments and read David Graeber?