Category: Nonessential Thoughts
It’s Your Thing
Cultural blind spots, dismissive assumptions, and the paradox of having a unique voice in a world that would really prefer you didn’t
Yelling at Nothing
Toothless satire is worse than useless when we know who the bad guys are (Spoilers for Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die)
Get Down With Your Bad Self
More about “Wuthering Heights,” a more expansive take on art, and the transgressive joy of learning to love all the embarrassing versions of yourself
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
