2026-08-11: “That’s how it is—we’re literate….But... “That’s how it is—we’re literate….But why do we lock ourselves into one mode? Why either/or? We …
2026-08-05: “Functional information-processing…is so utterly unlike... “Functional information-processing…is so utterly unlike the lived intelligence of a human being that …
2026-07-31: To reduce reading to the... To reduce reading to the practice of empathy is to divorce it of its real power and pleasure. …
2026-07-28: Erin is the best person... Erin is the best person to do this kind of work. Not only because she has the aptitude and care, but …
2026-07-24: In my personal headcanon, Le... In my personal headcanon, Le Guin and Franklin are the Ursulae, and they are right at this moment …
2026-06-10: “The value [added by the... “The value [added by the mythical 10x engineer] is literally the wages that the other nine workers …
2026-06-09: “The primary difference between deepfake... “The primary difference between deepfake photos and LLM conversations is that the people who …
2026-06-04: “I believe that writing is... “I believe that writing is the most astonishing of all human technologies.” …
2026-05-27: “The nature of generative AI... “The nature of generative AI is in fact degenerative, serving only to cut information loose from its …
2026-05-26: “Fear that there may be... “Fear that there may be no alternative to the will of the AI arise because we have been told for …
2026-05-14: “When you have made enough... “When you have made enough to live on by your profession you must refuse to sell your brain for the …
2026-05-07: We must not work for... We must not work for war. aworkinglibrary.com/writing/i…
2026-05-04: “We would be much better... “We would be much better served by teaching many more people how to think rigorously and reason …
2026-04-30: “New choices are hard. But... “New choices are hard. But they’re still yours to make.” dansinker.com/posts/202…
2026-04-30: “The passion for, devotion to,... “The passion for, devotion to, and identification with work would be diminishing if everyone were …
2026-04-29: The choice to cut parental... The choice to cut parental leave is not properly understood as cost-cutting or simple leverage in a …
2026-04-22: Becoming automatons: aworkinglibrary.com/writing/a…
2026-04-09: Chewing on something here about... Chewing on something here about how tools for professionalizing work (Kanban, etc) can also be used …
2026-04-01: You have to refuse to... You have to refuse to read the proposal from the person who also hasn’t read it. …
2026-03-24: “There is something that learning... “There is something that learning is for, that thinking is for, that work is for, and that you are …
2026-03-18: “What must be done is... “What must be done is to bring the future into the present, to make power tangible now by means of …
2026-03-13: “I’ve worked really hard to... “I’ve worked really hard to set myself up with a life and career in which I can ‘me’ as much as …
2026-03-12: Every time they bomb a... Every time they bomb a school, a place of worship, a family picnicking on the beach, a wedding, a …
2026-03-10: More and more convinced that... More and more convinced that the technocrats’ assertion that “AI” will take all of our jobs is a …
2026-03-09: “We cannot meaningfully separate the... “We cannot meaningfully separate the everyday use of ‘AI’ platforms from their application in death …
2026-03-02: At the point in an... At the point in an essay when I have written 10K words, gathered pages of notes, have come to …
2026-02-19: Workers “were designed to be... Workers “were designed to be competent but limited, active but docile, intelligent but …
2026-02-12: “Mass pseudo-culture…is a device invented... “Mass pseudo-culture…is a device invented by monopoly capital to facilitate dictatorship over a …
2026-02-10: The premise here—that we can... The premise here—that we can develop shared practices to prevent being taken in by the design …
2026-01-31: “It’s safer in the front!”... “It’s safer in the front!” crimethinc.com/2026/01/2…
2026-01-27: “We will bury them beneath... “We will bury them beneath the new world in our hearts.” crimethinc.com/2026/01/2…
2026-01-26: “Sometimes I just lay back... “Sometimes I just lay back and think about the fact that it’s whistles and car horns and crowds …
2026-01-24: Abolition is the only way.... Abolition is the only way.
2026-01-22: Patient urgency is “a sense... Patient urgency is “a sense of urgency for social transformation that can tolerate difficulties, …
2026-01-15: “Burnout shifted its meaning: from... “Burnout shifted its meaning: from a symptom experienced by people struggling to change society to …
2026-01-06: Tyranny all the way down.... Tyranny all the way down. aworkinglibrary.com/writing/t…
2025-12-18: “Nature seems, very oddly, to... “Nature seems, very oddly, to have provided us with an inner light by which to judge of the …
2025-12-11: “I am asking you to... “I am asking you to live in the presence of reality, an invigorating life.” …
2025-12-02: “I didn’t enter this field... “I didn’t enter this field and take this type of job only to not do the job.” …
2025-11-25: “…do they not prove that... “…do they not prove that education, the finest education in the world, does not teach people to hate …