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Mar
03
Luca and Alberto stand in a picturesque Italian plaza.

Luca & The Misunderstood Child

As a culture, we tend to be more sympathetic to the Giulias and the Lucas than the Albertos.
9 min read
Nov
23
Good Words: November '22

Good Words: November '22

Exhaustion and agency "under capitalism," combative cocktail parties, and why leftovers are the only food worth eating.
3 min read
Oct
04
Good Words: October '22

Good Words: October '22

The ways technology shapes us, evil in art, and music for the birds.
4 min read
Sep
07
Good Words: September '22

Good Words: September '22

Fantasy role-playing games: harmless fun, a crucible for virtue formation and moral imagination, or dubious political metaphor?
4 min read
Aug
10
Good Words: August '22

Good Words: August '22

The Bright Ages, a "bloggy" path to understanding, and Mammon's right hand – techne.
3 min read
Jul
26
Good Words: July '22

Good Words: July '22

Hanging out, having kids, the apocalypse, and everything science cannot say – oh, and how to be (aggressively) happy.
4 min read
Jul
18
The Ninja Foodi & The Goodness of Machines

The Ninja Foodi & The Goodness of Machines

Lester Liao on being not anti-machine but, in many ways, very pro-machine.
3 min read
Jul
11
Good Words joins Common Pursuits

Good Words joins Common Pursuits

As mergers and acquisitions go, this will be a minor change (but a good one)!
1 min read
Feb
10
La Casa Madrigal from Disney's Encanto.

Encanto: The Miracle is You

Going beyond community expectations or individual-based achievement enables us to see differently, from a lens of merit to a lens of love. Love pierces through the veil of what we are for who we are.
8 min read
Nov
09
Unfulfilled by passion in Disney's Soul

Soul: Doing What You Love Won't Save You

We must fit our passions under another overarching narrative that can bear the weight of our deepest desires. The artwork cannot stand alone; it needs a frame.
8 min read