making sense

Some critics contend that humanitarianism contributes to the construction of an archipelago of control that divides those whose humanity is never in doubt from those who can never quite become human.

What I love seeing is people pointing their attention out into the world and doing things for the world, in service of ideas and not an expected outcome.

To me, the only way to do that effectively is to understand what connects you to the world, what draws you in, what your radar is. This could take a whole lifetime (and ideally it does). In order... See more

But if you’re really focusing on the moment, on something you love, on something in the world that feels like it’s made for you, you can’t be thinking about how it will benefit you, or how it will reflect back on you. These two modes are at odds with each other. True attention requires that you don’t view something in the world through the lens of... See more

I like the idea of a person moving through “nodal points” propelled by an innate desire. I also like the idea of foregrounding agency from the perspective of the user or viewer or consumer. People often think about making work as if the person on the other side will have no choice but to enjoy it if the work is “good” enough, but it’s nice to think... See more

information is composable. It’s constantly being combined and recombined into new things. Especially abstract information. Think about music, art, memes, science, technology, writing, language, etc. All of these things are composites of pre-existing pieces of information. All nodal points are made up of other people’s nodal points.