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2020 (7 posts)
Seeing Like a Tech Company
Seeing Like a State examines the hubris of High Modernist ideology in state schemes, but I see in it the ongoing work of the tech industry.
Message to Chattanooga City Council
Defund the police
Bernie is not an Organizer
I’ve struggled to make sense of the argument that Bernie will be the Organizer in Chief because I can’t find any evidence that he’s doing the work of organizing.
A Different Journalism
Lewis Raven Wallace argues in The View from Somewhere that for journalists, "standing to the side of history is impossible when we are the ones writing it."
You Were Cool
Marking the passage of time by thinking about John Darnielle lyrics (among other things).
Non-fiction reading in 2019
In 2019 I read 73 books; the most I've read in a single year possibly in my entire life.
A Benediction for 2020
My tradition is to write a small benediction for each new year. This is 2020's.