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notes from the carnival
on thrifting costumes, self-knowledge, and making art when you can't make things
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in defense of falling in love
life lessons from twenty-four hours as a holy fool
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Jan 28
On teaching Plato
some notes on thoughtcrime in Texas
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Jan 18
competence is not enough
We are drowning in mediocrity, but, like frogs being boiled, we’ve only just started to notice.
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Nov 28, 2025
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On angels, demons, and artificial intelligence
Dec 28, 2024
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on Narnia
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on the Muppets
Dec 30, 2023
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on the greatest Christmas movie of all time
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on the dinner party
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on trying to write a novel
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on public conversation and political rationality
some worries about our political culture
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Oct 31, 2025
the Internet is a city
on knee-jerk tech-skepticism and Zoom reading groups
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Oct 21, 2025
on education for the common good
Reflections on eight years at Columbia University
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Oct 19, 2025
demonic possession and artificial intelligence
Last Christmas I wrote about angels and AI, a report of the intellectual fruits of a seminar I taught on this subject.
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Sep 23, 2025
ibsen! illusion-smashing! iridescent fish!
on trying to make sense of catharsis
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Sep 20, 2025
message boards! (free)masonry! magical friendship!
on communities of affinity, from Rosicrucians to Livejournal
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Sep 6, 2025
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on writing a novel in the age of AI
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