NOTE: The following is a revised copy of a letter sent to Samuel Stein after reading his book Capital Cities (Verso, 2019). For whatever reason, my letter went unanswered and so is reproduced here. Dear Mr. Stein, I recently finished reading Capital Cities and was reviewing the notes I had taken when it occurred to […]
Aaron Benanav’s Automation and the Future of Work, is, first and foremost, a whirlwind of a treatise. In a mere 99 pages (excluding preface), the author traces a line from the utopian ideals of Sir Thomas More through the socialist movements of the middle to late 19th century through the universal basic income (UBI) evangelists […]
“To Protect and Serve” is the slogan of police forces across the country, but it is merely a slogan, a tagline put on cars to identify the brand. It’s ultimately hollow and in few ways reflects the actual role police play in society. A better slogan, in my opinion, is the one seen on patrol […]
Nostalgia for late 20th century shopping in today’s online convenience driven marketplace. Contrasting past experience with present-day transactional commerce.
The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson sparked a mix of indifference and bloodlust in the public, reflecting anger towards the healthcare system. However, it failed to incite real change, illustrating deeper systemic issues.
Words and thoughts on the state of emergency medicine in the US
More information won’t solve healthcare costs
When buying a book becomes a political action…
Who is to blame for the planet’s increasingly inevitable ecological collapse? I am not asking whether climate change is a product of human action or not (of course it is) — what I am asking is whether the crisis is being driven largely by corporate greed and government corruption or if we (i.e. the consumers […]
As a concept and in best practice, recycling is a wonderful idea. It finds ways to recover material that would otherwise occupy landfill space and uses it to create new products and materials. Some of these materials, theoretically, are infinitely recyclable as the chemical structure does not deteriorate and so could virtually eliminate the need […]
