The Anthropocene Anthropologist: Reflections on Bizarroland

I am a retired academic anthropologist and World Bank staff member

What it means to be human in the digital age. Why and how technology shapes us and how we then shape technology. This helps us prepare for the future.

A newsletter about anthropology.

I apply a complex systems lens to social, organisational, economic and political systems.

An archaeologist's take on the artifacts of our time.

Notes on media, communication, anthropology, and other things

Community, democracy, and a search for the good life.

Notes on economics and more

Investigative reporting and social commentary on public culture, the arts, science, and politics.

Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.

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Our origins shape our future

Essays and analysis about elections, media, sports, poker, and all the other things I care about.

A retired anthropologist on the trail of culture, politics, technology and philosophy.

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An anthropological perspective on trends and culture

I write about the quieter shifts in how we see the world—and each other. My work explores cultural perception, compassion, climate, and care, one small story at a time.