The problem with not working between Thursday evening and late Monday afternoon is that your in-box ends up a place of misery and horror. But my children are more important that my in-box, so I survive it…


Remember that Roman thing of having a slave whispering “remember you are mortal" to a triumphing general? We need that for every single person reading the internet - except they should be whispering “you, too, can fall to confirmation bias".

And that includes me.


Fantastic issue of The Discourse, looking at the dynamics of online hostility - you really should be subscribed to this.


Things I am not going to do: take marriage advice from a never-married 23-year old “top writer in love, psychology, and relationships” on Medium.


I feel like those last two books are less likely than ever to get written… George R.R. Martin Developing Even More Shows For HBO


11/11/18 - we shall remember them

A group of people are gathered outside a building near a crucifix mounted on the wall, with the sun shining through partly cloudy skies.

Thou shalt not pass

A young child wearing a purple coat and a colorful knit hat stands on a bridge holding some sticks, with buildings and water visible in the background.

‪If Apple could push iOS on iPad forward as fast and as thoughtfully as it’s developing the iPad Pro hardware, they’d be devouring this space. ‬

‪But they’re not. And it makes me sad. ‬



I still find the idea that Apple has in-house metallurgists oddly cool.