Since anami's been out of town seeing her father, I've been on my own a lot. Mostly, I've been working late hours, but I've also been reading stuff on the Internet. Here's some of that:

1. Over at The WELL, Bruce Sterling has been managing a conversation about the economy, ecology, politics, and just how screwed we all are, coming into the new year ( Read more... )

Over on WorldChanging, Clay Shirky has just posted a somewhat long (2467 words) essay about how Gin was a necessary component of the Industrial Revolution, and how Sitcoms have played an integral role in the Information Revolution (currently in progress). It's an interesting article, touching on subjects ranging from TV recovery to Warcraft guilds ( Read more... )

I just read Alex Steffen's post on optimism as a political act over at WorldChanging. When I postulated the need for Radical Optimism, I was thinking along these lines. But I was thinking about something broader. Like Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools for positive change. Alex pretty much hit the nail on the head, though. When I read, "Cynicism is ( Read more... )

So tonight I was sorting through the pile of mail, recycling the catalogues and junk, and one of the items was a copy of World Ark. This is the catalogue arm of Heiffer International. I had been sorting the mail on auto-pilot and thinking about blogging. Specifically, I was thinking about what I should post about, since I feel like this is one ( Read more... )

I'm pretty excited about this article I read from the Boston Globe ( Read more... )