Memory is Such a Fickle Beast
A friend asked me what was the weirdest thing I’d ever written. The question sent me down a memory hole.
consumers, Creativity, economics, Social Discourse, society
society
Creativity, critical thinking, Dreaming
My Dreams Are Weird
I don’t mean my aspirations, wishes, hopes for life. I mean my alpha wave middle of the night dreams have changed.
critical thinking, Family
Misinformation Fatigue
Like many of you, my life has been impacted by misinformation, especially during Covid.
critical thinking, writer's life, Writing
Trigger Warning: Rant About Trigger Warnings Ahead
A discussion among authors around a list of suggested trigger warnings got me to thinking: how would the books that influenced me stack up to this list?
critical thinking, Politics, Social Discourse, society
A Beginner’s Guide to Recognizing Colonialism
(Please note that although I write mostly science fiction, this post is about real world politics. Feel free to leave now).
critical thinking, Space
Should we change the meaning of astronaut?
I met an astronaut once, and it wasn’t Richard Branson.
critical thinking, Politics, society
How an edit button would kill Twitter, maybe
I hope twitter never adds an edit button. The ramifications of it would probably kill Twitter.
critical thinking, education, Social Discourse
When reputation overstays his welcome (part 1)
We can all name a university that has an amazing reputation but how well does that reputation reflect the quality of their most recent graduates?
consumers, economics, Social Discourse, society
T M I, Please
I’ve got three examples to talk about, all cases where businesses I’ve interacted with demanded far too much information from me for what they were giving.
education, errata, society
Of Peacocks and Practical Jokes
Then there was the time we created a news network, a revolution, and a plot to kidnap a person. All because of peacocks.