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- Surveillance Capitalism’s DiscontentsShoshana Zuboff’s 2017 tome, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, is a detailed denouncement of a growing infrastructure of data mining as a means of behavioral modification, orchestrated by technological entities she cumulatively refers to as “Big Other.” The book is one for our era: replete with chilling accounts of Big Other’s infringement upon the privacy,Continue reading “Surveillance Capitalism’s Discontents”
- The Problem of the MainframeThe problem of the mainframe is one of perfect knowledge and total control. For many, it represents the dissolution of a range of rights taken for granted in the private realm: sovereignty, privacy, security, and comfort, to name a few. For a select few, it is a solution to an early problem: perfecting the functionContinue reading “The Problem of the Mainframe”
- Yoga and the Politics of Self-CareThe year 2020 has confronted the American body politic with myriad mass, affective events. We have witnessed plague, pestilence, protest, and inferno. We are on the brink of a national reckoning, with the general election mere weeks away. In response to these and other affective experiences, self-care discourse has occupied and taken hold in ourContinue reading “Yoga and the Politics of Self-Care”
- The Political Dream of UAVA dialogue between myself, Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau regarding the implications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technology, written in 2017 for my capstone course in political theory. The year is 2040. Drones operated by citizens, police, and corporate entities populate the skies. Artificial intelligence is channeled into holograms who use the cumulative writingContinue reading “The Political Dream of UAV”
- College EssayThis is the (cheeky) essay I wrote for the Common Application in 2014. Looking back, my effort to find an institution that promoted learning for its own sake was fruitful, though it is a miracle I was accepted anywhere. Here it is, unedited for your reading pleasure. The art of deceiving prospective employers, college boards,Continue reading “College Essay”
The Layperson's Guide to Political Theory 