cognitive care
About fifteen years ago I casually started warning my circles that once the speed of information outpaced our bureaucratic systems, society was likely to collapse. I remember mentioning it at a family dinner as we lightly engaged in "what's wrong with the world these days" conversation.
cognitive atrophy
Early adopters: I think we got cooked. Mass dementia might be the "rupture" Carney was referring to. Hear me out: This might be what Christina Lagarde meant at Davos when she said, (notes in my last post) "I'm not exactly on the same page as
fun theories
This is a revised post that I wrote a year ago on my other blog – I guess there's something about deep winter (and rising fascism) that compels my mind towards turning over the nature of reality. When I don't have plants to play with, I play
accelerationism
About a year ago while building a business case for an arts-based social networking alternative to Meta (it didn't happen – unfortunately "an arts-driven alternative to Meta" didn't inspire the arts foundations we approached for funding), my research took me down a rabbit hole that
user data
Viral pathogen genome researcher, Theo Sanderson, has created a map of 3million+ Bluesky users that visualizes simple, publicly available user data, and it's exquisite. What first stunned me was, that's the way I imagine data in my head. Though, in my head the data is dynamic
resistance
Over the past few weeks we've witnessed the greatest civil resistance movements of our time. Hundreds of thousands of everyday citizens are mobilized across American cities trying to protect their neighbours from being snatched off the streets, from their homes, out of their cars, from their workplaces... Minnesota
neofascism
Trump's fascism is forcing Canada's democracy to choose between liberal values and survival. I think Carney has chosen survival. After publishing my breakdown of Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum I couldn't stop rifling through references and thoughts, trying to find
accelerationism
Technology has accelerated the widening chasm between clear information and muddied noise; social media and now LLMs have broadly eroded information literacy and sown chaos throughout most spheres of public discourse. Everyone is confused, most are angry, some were blissfully lobotomized by the algorithms long ago. But our online spaces
AI
I've been spending a lot of my spare time watching and taking notes on the discussions of the 2026 World Economic Forum. At first I just wanted to get a more holistic perspective on PM Mark Carney's speech (I'm working on another piece following
neoliberalism
Good speeches are rare these days, great speeches even rarer. Given all the noise, anxiety and Trumpian terror currently filling our social spheres, for a strong message of leadership to break through and potently inspire, well it's something to witness. Historic times call for historic speeches, and Carney&
ruling class
I'm finished carrying the guilt of the ruling class. This mental shift came to me years ago, I think the tipping point was around 2016. I had read an article in a business trade magazine showing stats about how Alberta's urban recycling programs were sending something
freedoms
I've had Joni Mitchell's "Cactus Tree" in my head lately – as I putter around the house, managing my own little huddle of pets, teens, projects, and thoughts, I've been floating along to Joni's pristine oscillations, and when the lyrics settled