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    • What if god doesn't control capitalism

      A thinking-in-public post theorizing one way that a core assumption of Christianity might have shaped the core beliefs of capitalism.

    • Practice Refusing

      When you practice refusal, you start conjuring up space for different futures. It's a magic trick.

    • To Scott Hutchison

      I saw a post this week from Hanif Abdurraqib commemorating your birthday, and when I woke up this morning these words were screaming to get out. So I'm going to write you a letter, because I miss you so much and I had no actual relationship with you except as a fan. But god, you mattered so much to me. Matter so much to me.

    • the god of flowers

      I've been writing some poetry lately, and while most of I'm writing for me, I felt like sharing this one.

    • Live Music

      A smol post about how much I love live music, even if I don't get to enjoy it much these days.

    • Watch the World Burn

      This week there are two deaths in the news that stand out against the thousands of deaths that are in the news every week; Nex Benedict's and Aaron Bushnell's.

    • The Gravity of Capitalism

      A theory about how to discuss what systems make easy, and an application of the theory to capitalism, to see if it helps us better imagine futures beyond capitalism.

    • Respecting Anxiety

      I feel like the topic of anxiety often (ironically?) generates a good bit of anxiety itself. It's a mental health topic. High anxiety is the same as high stress—if it continues unaddressed for a long time, it's very bad for your health. Anxiety is thus widely recognized as a problem to resolved. But only pursuing self-care avoids asking the question I've come to believe is most important for me: what is this anxiety telling me?

    hey i'm winston. i read a lot for fun and to help me better understand and interrogate our world. this web-blog is where i chronicle some of my learning. i work as a product manager for Honeycomb.