Category: Nonessential Thoughts
China on Easy Mode
A short travelogue from a week in Hong Kong, with a digression about Ugly Americanism
Dispatches from a Purple City
Using a trip to Atlanta as a reminder to be mindful of how much we know about people and places is just made up
Are AI Evangelists In Heat?
What Hollywood legends in estrus can teach us about the ludicrous claims about generative AI being democratizing
Idiocracy and Somebody Else’s Problem
Revisiting a movie that I still think is just okay, and how it just keeps getting more relevant
Pointing the way to a friction-free existence
Thoughts as a non-artist getting his first glimpse into just how pervasive AI slop has gotten
The Running Man, Grenades, Plastic Straws, and Ugly Scarves
Follow-up thoughts on The Running Man and the whole idea of implicating you, the viewer
The Paradox of the Thirst Trap
A random observation about how a culture that gets more liberal also gets more prudish, because if everything is sexy, nothing is
Disney Destinations vs Disney Settings
A simple but easy-to-forget observation about theme parks and chasing nostalgia
