“Everyone goes to college ‘to become educated,’ ” Callard observes, “but until I am educated I do not really know what an education is or why it is important.” Agnes Callard, Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming as quoted by Joshua Rothman in "...
This is another entry in what I’ve come to think of as “Craig Mod books,” reflections on walking and what that...
To pass the social system off as an objective artifact determined by (quasi-) scientific processes, forecasting has to scapegoat “irresponsible” individuals for failing to live up to the...
I dropped my father’s cup today. My dad died when I was eight. I would get up before him, make a breakfast of bagels or toast and...
The world is full of nonsense, but here’s a slice of sanity including something you can buy. I’m writing this note to myself because I used...