Readings

How to Escape From the Iron Age? An insightful look at how much energy it takes to make steel and how much energy it will take to create solar power panels and wind turbines.

Burn It Down: A License for AI Resistance Melanie Dusseau nails it. Read this (apologies for an Inside Higher Ed link, though).

The International Space Station Has Been Leaking for Five Years Guess what? Maintenance matters.

“Here I Gather All the Friends”: Machiavelli and the Emergence of the Private Study Everyone needs their space in some way.

Why I Will Always Be Angry About Software Engineering This doesn't go where you think it will go. It makes me angry too, but in the good way.