book
What Odysseus Saw the Fourth Time
A second viewing of Nolan’s The Odyssey makes the story less certain
book
book
How Can Odysseus Go Home?
Odysseus spends ten years trying to get home. Nolan’s film suggests the harder journey is becoming Odysseus again, long after war, memory, guilt, and time have made the old life impossible.
book
The Fine Print of Matrimony
Marriage was never merely a romance plot. Once women could own, earn, inherit, borrow, and leave, the old bargain lost its terror.
ethics
Chatting With The Oracle #3: The Ring Will Be Built
The ring has always been built. It has always been destroyed. What saved us was time. The question is whether we still have any, and whether we would know if we didn't.
tech
180 Days: Firewall The Layoff
The valley is about to see more layoffs. Not because people are not working hard enough. Because the math changed.