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 &

How does America end?

America will not last forever, and I'm honestly worried about it surviving the next half-decade. The current administration is just the latest round of rot that has eaten away at America's core. The rot is the religious-level fascination with hyper-capitalism that is so common among the

Deconstructing Nazi Arguments Against Immigration

(Cover image source credit Robster16) The title? Hell yes it's inflammatory. America has flirted with fascism several times in the past. The Red Scare, the Sedition Act of 1918, and now. You might say, "yeah, but those Trump supporters were a minority." Yes, so were the