Leisure is not lost time

Most of my meaningful creative contributions have required the uncontaminated spaciousness needed for creative thought, but as that time becomes harder to find, so does the desire to "optimize" it.

Action Button is now a part of NationBuilder

Action Button is a powerful tool in its own right, and it is obvious how deeply impactful it will be as a natural extension of NationBuilder.

The Year Earth Changed

A stellar new documentary filmed during the unprecedented past year, when all of humanity withdrew indoors and nature began to recover.

The next hurdle

2.5 million people are receiving doses of a COVID-19 vaccine every day in the United States. New York City will be 100% open on July 1. My mind is struggling to catch up.

Friendship

David Whyte issues an important reminder of what is most important in the end.

Facial recognition can predict political orientation

Will technology know us better than we know ourselves?

The other coup

The latest must-read article by Shoshana Zuboff, author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.

NationBuilder Year in Review 2020

Celebrating incredible leaders around the world doing remarkable work using NationBuilder.

Four Corners included on Relapse Records 30-year anniversary sampler

December 23 Music

The seduction of conspiracy theories

"Suffering the distress of an illusion rather than the true distress of my life."

Perdition Mirror

August 07 Listening

Radical Candor

July 10 Reading