I explore the social and ethical aspects of technology, with an eye towards how we can better envision, build, and study sociotechnical systems.

Using moral psychology to explain why so much is going wrong

Translating academic research into mostly useful insights, with some ephemera on the side. Mostly AI stuff recently. By Prof. Ethan Mollick

A podcast about language, with host John McWhorter.

A sporadic journal about song-making and story-writing

Fresh writing and audio from one of the great contemporary storytellers

Bridging the two cultures of science and the humanities

P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary.

Connecting John Vervaeke’s »Awakening from the Meaning Crisis« and Christopher Alexander’s »The Nature of Order« to understand how we can create better, more beautiful, and more meaningful things, products, and art.

Thinking about technology, society, and the good life.

A newsletter about science, social-justice-activism, why they sometimes fight, and how to help them get along better -- plus a good deal of other, more random stuff.

A running newsletter that isn't (just) about running