"Halt and Catch Fire": A hidden gemIn this edition of Marginalia, the best series you've probably never heard of. Halt and Catch Fire (2014 – 2017) If further evidence were...
EssaysReading Fast, Writing SlowOn keeping a notebook, copying out passages from your reading, and why it's worth remembering certain things. Whenever I sit down to...
Double TakeThe Double Take: Re-watching "The 13th Warrior"In the second edition of the series, I re-watch John McTiernan's 1999 movie, The 13th Warrior, and wonder if it's time to put away...
EssaysThe Mind-Wandering of OppenheimerWhy we should be promiscuous in our love of ideas. One of the ironies of Robert Oppenheimer’s life is that his legacy rests on a single...
EssaysThe Simple Life: Remembering what mattersOn the sacredness of simplicity, why we forget what we value (or ought to value), and how to remind ourselves what matters. “O sacred...
EssaysWhy Music Singles MatterOn what music singles have meant in the past, mean now, and might mean in the future. “I miss buyin’ CDs at the store And thumbin’...
EssaysRaging Against the MachineOn artificial intelligence, the role – and the rights – of artists, and the difference between art and artificial creation. Though six...