Many people who are talented in their various fields have access to insight they can’t share with others. They simply see something we can’t. They try to describe it—picture any Paris Review interview—and often hearing them talk about their process is interesting and informative. But they’re unable to describe the core thing—what gives them the... See more

Music is an inherently inefficient medium. There are more direct ways to get your point across. Perhaps music can be "efficient" at stirring emotions, but our ears tire quickly, are incredibly sensitive to bullshit, and can’t help themselves from intermodulating. Like a dog in a bathtub, recorded music can’t be held down to singular interpretation.

“I oftentimes describe rap music as the post-occupancy evaluation of modernism ... saying that once we design and construct a space, we oftentimes go back and see how successful that architecture may have been, and that evaluation allows us to design the next space even better. That hasn't happened with public housing, or it's happening on a very... See more