Earlier today, as the radio news rumbled and the tea kettle bubbled and the trucks whooshed past on the road, I felt a presence just beyond my vision. As I peered out the window, a beautiful deer stepped round the corner of the house, stopping right in front of me. She stretched out her neck […]
We were in the middle of analyzing some news and data this week when one of my colleagues made a profound observation: It’s hard to tell what’s being caused, and what’s being revealed. We are seeing how fragile our systems can be. We are seeing how fragile our own well-being can be. We are […]
I’ve been spending time with Robin Wall Kimmerer and Jaron Lanier this weekend – with their books, I mean, not the people (though really maybe that is a meaningless distinction). Lanier writes with the soul of a poet about the glorious potential of technology, and how it differs from our current deployments. Kimmerer writes about […]