technology as tool, never master
Essays on five domains of humanity — spiritual, mental, physical, relational, financial — asking one question of technology each time: does it genuinely serve, or quietly erode?
In an age of algorithmic curation and digital tribes, college football stadiums remind us what it means to belong to something real—a place, a tradition, a community that existed before us and will outlast us.
In an age of instant connections and algorithmically curated relationships, baseball's 162-game season offers an ancient wisdom about what it means to show up, day after day, for the people who matter.
The recall of Fromm and Oma's Pride pet foods reveals how digital platforms have trained us to react to crises rather than prevent them—and what we lose when citizenship becomes performance instead of practice.
When flight delays strip away our schedules and devices fail us, we're left with something we've almost forgotten how to do: simply be present with strangers.