Do You Click on Clickbait?!?

Do You Click on Clickbait?!?

I hate clickbait. It’s misleading, breaches trust, and I think makes our society worse. If I see an article or Youtube video that uses clickbaity tactics I don’t click it because I don’t want to reward the tactic. In my head, it’s some media...
Lex & Mark’s Metaverse Podcast

Lex & Mark’s Metaverse Podcast

Lex Fridman’s latest podcast with Mark Zuckerberg is billed as the “first podcast in the Metaverse”. The picture above is NOT of them, but a digital representation of them! My impression of the Metaverse up until now is this – It’s a...
Things I Think About – Babies

Things I Think About – Babies

And now my stupid friends are having stupid children.My stupid friends are having stupid children.My stupid friends are having stupid children.Stupid, fucking ugly, boring children. Bo Burnham, 30 At 32, I can confirm, all of my stupid friends are having stupid...
I’m Attending A Chess Club

I’m Attending A Chess Club

Every Wednesday evening and Sunday afternoon, a bunch of nerds gather in Rittenhouse Square to play chess. I have known about this for a couple of years, but like a kid in the school yard, I’ve been too scared to go. I’ve even been in Rittenhouse while...
Boring Back

Boring Back

This is one of those great titles that makes sense in the moment because this post is boring and it’s a fantastic contrast against Tom’s ‘Roaring Back’, but it will not make sense in 5 years when I am rereading my old blog posts in isolation....