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A Millennial/Boomer Dialectic: Part 2 - Police & Prisons

What follows is an imagined conversation between two imaginary people. Alex is a Leftist Millennial and Blake is a Conservative Baby Boomer. Blake: Fine, sure. But the current protests are a bunch of Marxists looking to "Abolish the Police" and "Abolish Prisons." Both of which are

A Millennial/Boomer Dialectic: Part 1 - Protests & Civil Rights

What follows is an imagined conversation between two imaginary people. Alex is a Leftist Millennial and Blake is a Conservative Baby Boomer. The starting question: Is America Racist? Blake: No, America is not racist. America was founded on equality and liberty for all. What remained of Southern racism was fixed

The Culture War

"I just wish there wasn't so much hate and divisiveness on the internet these days" This is a take I've been seeing a lot of lately. It's not wrong, but I think that this idea could use some analysis. There are several

Redefining Progress

Many in my generation, myself included, grew up watching Star Trek. That show’s utopian vision for the future informed the moral foundations of my youth, but my Pollyanna-ish ideas were soon tempered by harsh realities. It turns out that even the most basic of technologies that promised to reshape

Choose your own reality

The internet has a way of changing and subverting everything it touches. Every industry has been, or is in the process of being blown apart by newcomers touting touting on-demand service, targeted marketing, analytics intelligence, and employment models that somehow dodge offering any benefits or recourse. The information horizon &

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