Observations

WHEN THE FUCK DID WE GIVE THEM ALL THE POWER?
WHEN THE FUCK DID WE GIVE THEM ALL THE POWER?
We complain about corporations, celebrities, political parties, algorithms and trends having too much power then hand them our money, attention, loyalty and identity. Maybe they didn't take the power. Maybe... Read more...
WE FORGOT HOW TO LOVE AMERICA
WE FORGOT HOW TO LOVE AMERICA
American pride has fallen dramatically in a generation. Maybe the problem isn't that we stopped loving America. Maybe we turned patriotism into politics, criticism into betrayal, and citizenship into spectatorship. Read more...
YOU'RE NOT BUSY. YOU'RE DISTRACTED.
YOU'RE NOT BUSY. YOU'RE DISTRACTED.
Everybody is busy. Somehow everybody also has hours to stare at their phone. Maybe we're not overwhelmed with work. Maybe we've just lost control of our attention. Read more...
The Information Age Made Us Fucking Stupid
The Information Age Made Us Fucking Stupid
We put almost the entirety of human knowledge in everyone's pocket. Then literacy fell, math scores fell, attention disappeared, and we started outsourcing thinking itself. Maybe information was never the problem. Read more...
You Don't Need More Gear
You Don't Need More Gear
Buying gear feels like progress. Usually it isn’t. The box arrives, the dopamine wears off, and eventually you’re left with better equipment and the exact same fucking problem. Read more...
The Death of the Expert
The Death of the Expert
We didn’t run out of experts. We ran out of ways to identify them. Expertise now competes with content, confidence looks like knowledge, and everyone with a ring light has the answer. Read more...
Nobody Knows Anything
Nobody Knows Anything
At some point, “I don’t know” became an unacceptable answer. Now everyone knows everything, confidence is cheaper than evidence, and the people who understand the least often seem the most certain. Read more...
Everything Eventually Turns to Shit
Everything Eventually Turns to Shit
Everything good starts because somebody gives a shit. Then it works. Then it grows. Then somebody optimizes it, monetizes it, scales it—and slowly kills the thing everyone liked in the first place. Read more...
The Whole Point of Prime Was the Two Days
The Whole Point of Prime Was the Two Days
I signed up for Prime for one reason. Two days. Not 'usually.' Not 'typically.' Two days, guaranteed, so reliably I stopped checking the tracking number and just checked the calendar. Then I ordered a phone charger Read more...