Category Culture

Kurzweil and decentralized media

I’ve been reading this interview with Ray Kurzweil, a futurist/technologist/scientist who’ve been aware of for a while and whose ideas I am interested in. I lack the depth to fully endorse or innovate or thoroughly critique them, but I think I can take on little bits. In this case, an important tangent where I think [...]

A Washington-style tea party

In the District of Columbia Tax Day traditionally brings out local activists who wish to highlight for the resurgent masses of tourists and the media the plight of the local citizens: true taxation without representation. DC Statehood and representation activists typically call up the image of the Bostom Tea Party in making this point, but [...]

A brief update on my work appearing in attack ads

I’ve yet to receive a response from the Bill Russell campaign, although the promotional graphics for the ads on their home page, which feature frames from the ads that use my photo, have been taken down as of this afternoon. I don’t know if this is a coincidence.  The YouTube ads remain up as of [...]