Pandemic
Holding Onto the Future
What really robbed us wasn’t the pandemic. I just finished reading a poignant article by Rachel Hislop entitled “Testing My Fertility at the End of My World”.
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Libraries
Libraries on the Front Line: Amazon and the Last of the Big Fish
How the big five paved the way for Amazon’s predation and the enshittification of publishing. There can be no question on this issue: electronic books provide
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Holidays
Carl Sagan Day 2023
Our shared humanity is visible in the light of the stars. Today is Carl Sagan day, and I am stirred, as always, to take a moment to pause, look toward the heav
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AI
What We Have to Fear from AI
The most dangerous consequence of AI proliferation is not a Terminator-style future, it’s people passing laws.
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Newsletter
Odin's Autumn: Glory to the Fall!
From Inktober, to ramen, from moon viewing to anti-capitalism. This newsletter has it all, folks.
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Politics
Whose Fault is it Anyway?
Until we stop looking at other human beings as the enemy, we’re going to keep having problems.
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Newsletter
Join Odin for a Sepia September
Fires, Student Loans unpausing, a trip to Seattle, and more!
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Philosophy
How Can We Meet the Future with Compassion?
For this pandemic, and all those to come, we must build the resilience of an open heart and mind.
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Media Literacy
Biased Towards Unbiased Data
Our biases can change, but first we have to recognize that they exist.
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Pandemic
General Safety Measures We Need to Normalize
We’re all on the front lines of health and safety these days, so here’s what we can do.
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