Poetry Sunday
Growth-hacking, glorified funding, and groupthink create a blind spot for online violence
The problem with technology platforms is rooted in start-up culture.
Agile. Lean. Market size. Time-to-market. User take-up. Engagement rate.
These are terms that help start-ups compete across “how much” and “by when.”
We need a performance metric that tracks “how long before it breaks”
The documentary “The Social Dilemma” displays how engagement-driven technology facilitates the development of amoral machine learning, echo chambers…
Using situations instead of hierarchy
When I think about people close to me, I encounter a thick fog, oblivious to anything on the other side.
I don’t know what it means to be “close” anymore.
If you ask me who I speak to the most, I can think of the top two people.
If you…
A poem
Clarity folds into an insular oasis
beyond my reach.
It sits tranquil
while I venture with effort.
I make the steps,
I clear the path
and just when I think I’m getting close,
it evades.
The longing for something that makes sense
is making my arms feel tender and sore,
grasping for…
A poem
Lasting impact on a
wounded heart:
a scar
A scar
is one drop of oxygen
in the bucket of time,
the tears of the gods
nursing aging flesh,
but in their own
Time:
what is time if not
a gift wrapped
into the present
taking the hollow holes
of the past,
filling them with…
Shared pain can enable action, but not all pain is born equal.
I’m white. The only thing that comes close to me understanding white supremacy is if I look at my experience as a feminist.
Before you come on this journey with me, one little note. It is my journey. I don’t think it is the only, or best, way.
This personal…
3. Walk Away
You can stop someone from gaslighting you by saying “No.”
to gaslight (verb)
gaslit, gaslit
the post-woke term for manipulating someone’s perception of their own oppression.
“No” can be spoken, or it can be a state of mind.
It can feel daunting to stop someone from “telling you what’s what”. …
