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The paradox of human sexuality and social politics, and the tension between public performance vs. private desire is worthy of significantly more of our attention. I don’t say this lightly. Public condemnation often masks private fascination.

This data doesn’t just reveal our hypocrisy, but the intricate ways desire, itself, navigates social stigma.

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"Your biological age is the number of days you've lived.

Your psychological age is the number of thoughts you've entertained.

Your sociological age is the number of contributions you've made."

In so many ways to live in 2024 is to be subject to a constant and all-out assault on our attention . It’s the ability to attend to anything — a book, another person, ourselves — that is being eroded. I’m increasingly convinced, then, that the next big vector for inequality is around this most fundamental of human capabilities. The elites are going... See more

Self awareness around digital presence. As in, what does being on this platform do? Who am I supporting? Do I believe in the design of this space? What data relationships am I partaking in? Our well-being is heavily influenced by these places, the decisions they make, the projects they fund. And, I think people are starting to select their software... See more

I think of scenes as very loose organizations of people associated with the creative process with a very loose but omnipotent hierarchy that can sometimes change from minute to minute.1

The thing that makes people most uncomfortable about scenes socially, is how they subject everyone involved to think about their social standing. I’ve got bad news f... See more