Ribbonfarm Essentials

My neighbor introduced me to The Office back in 2005. Since then, I’ve watched every episode of both the British and American versions.

James C. Scott’s fascinating and seminal book, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Imp rove the Human Condition Have Failed , examines how, across dozens of domains, ranging from...

This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series Thinkability Both science fiction and futurism seem to miss an important piece of how the future actually turns into the present.

I want to tell you a story today. A sprawling epic mess of a story which began with two histories intersecting awkwardly just over a hundred years ago in a small tribal village nestled in the dense...

A few months ago, while dining at Veggie Grill (one of the new breed of Chipotle-class fast-casual restaurants), a phrase popped unbidden into my head: premium mediocre.

You’ve heard me talk about crash-only programming , right? It’s a programming paradigm for critical infrastructure systems, where there is — by design — no graceful way to shut down.