This is not one of the short ephemeral essays I promised; I'll return to that after this. I've attempted to write an essay on agency for months and gave up. And then I had another idea. I need to get this out of my head, so I'm going to close my eyes, think of England, and send. The COVID epidemic isn’t far from memory, and those of us...

People are going to have to make themselves predictable, or the machines will get angry and kill them. —Gregory Bateson I’m walking here! —Ratso Rizzo You’re standing on a sidewalk adjacent to a busy street, and you’re late to your appointment that’s on the other side of the speeding traffic. You have a choice: you can hope for an open...

Nvidia Recursion I'm going to write 500 to 1000 words or so that I compose in one sitting and post here. I intend these posts to be more ephemeral than those on gebloom.com. If you take Ubers and find yourself occasionally baffled in how to exit the back seat, you're probably in a Tesla. The pressure is on when you search for the door ...

Because I'm dissatisfied with the drafts for one reason or another, and I don't have the motivation to finish, I don't post much of what I write. Instead of finishing articles, I start messing with my writing environment. I move among up to five writing apps and three devices. So, I'm doing an experiment. I'm going to be less fussy abo...