The Problem with Productivity and the Good Work of Love
That means, first, that I have to love my neighbor—my colleague—above my own productivity.
Field Notes of a Sentence Watcher
Posted on September 14, 2021
Image: Oscar Wilde’s edits to The Picture of Dorian Gray; Scribd.
Taking pleasure in a well-crafted sentence is a good in itself.
The Professional-Managerial Novel
Pretending that all workers are the same obscures rather than clarifies the reality of class.
Where the Critics of Liberalism Go Wrong
by
Andrew Lynn
Posted on September 3, 2021
Image: Don Quixote & his squire Sancho attacking a windmill. British Museum. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Postliberalism comes to embody a form of cultural criticism that ultimately does not believe in culture itself.
Why Lecture?
It’s easy to see how lectures got a bad rap. We have all been subjected to someone who abused the privilege of an audience.
Looking Under the Hood of AI’s Dubious Models
Posted on August 11, 2021
Image: Oak Ridge National Laboratory super computer. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Models are only valuable in the long run if we are free to take them apart.