Five Things: May 29, 2025
"It can also create something magical and unexpected." Five Things for May 29, 2025
"It can also create something magical and unexpected." Five Things for May 29, 2025
I took a ton of old-fashioned notes, most of which were reasonably legible a few days later, and here’s some of my favorite takeaways.
"Do unto others," etc. Five Things for February 6, 2025
"Only those who know nothing of the history of technology believe that a technology is entirely neutral... Each technology has an agenda of its own. It is, as I have suggested, a metaphor waiting to unfold." Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death There's a lot of handwringing and finger-pointing happening in publishing these days, both by those struggling to find solutions to the challenges the industry faces, and by various Joker-pundits who apparently "just want to see the world burn." Demagogues and idealogues love the spotlight, and attention-seeking media outlets happily provide them a stage to stoke faux controversies over…