Big City Streets Turning Into Communities — I wrote about the audio side of this transformation a while back, but I wanted to think about it from a spatial and more physical view of what is city or country, or more importantly...
Growing Up — I did some outreach recently to my conservative family members that didn’t so go well. There were several aspects that didn’t go well, but what ended up derailing my proposal for coming together to discuss...
Cities Are So Loud — It took me the last five years to realize why cities were so loud to me. It wasn’t just the cars, people, and other activities. It was me. It was how I had been raised...
The Last Four Years Have Been Difficult — A huge load was removed from my shoulders this Saturday with the defeat of Donald Trump. I know there is a huge amount of work still to be done recovering from his Presidency, but I...
We Need More Investment in Cybernetic Research — I have read a couple of books on Cybernetics in the last couple of years, and increasingly see the subject cited in more modern work while discussing the situation we find ourselves in with the...
Creating Myself By Examining Everything — I have been enjoying a set of essays by James Baldwin lately, exposing myself to his unique ability to tell stories about racism in this country, which dives deep into the systemic racism that exists,...
Being Able to Take Criticism and Dissenting Opinions — Historically, I am a pretty short-tempered, low patience, and generally grumpy individual. Any number of things will set me off, but in my experience it is often something unrelated to whatever is going on in...
Tearing Down My Foundation of Lies — To see your stepfather declare on Facebook that there is no white supremacy, and no racism in the Republican party, and that if it does exist, it does so within the Democratic Party may seem...
I Never Had Thought Critically About Why My Parents Had Moved to the Woods in the 60s and 70s — It was never questioned. My parents lived in the woods to have a better life and stay as far out of reach of the government as we could. Cities were bad. Living in the woods...
Why Wouldn’t You Want to Know More? — I’ve been fascinated by my white friends who just learned about the Tulsa race massacre on the Watchmen, and were blown away by this historical revelation, but have zero curiosity to go find out anything...
Performing For, Evolving, Diversifying, and Expanding The People in My Circle — I am doing a lot of thinking about the network of people I have, how it has changed over the years, and how is has allowed or not allowed different ideas to exist within my...
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