An answering poem This poem is in response to Victoria Stafford’s “The Gates of Hope.” “What Else Can I Do?” from Encanto; lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda. I’m so sick of pretty.I want something true.Don’t you? The gate of hope is underneath a concrete bridge—its materials: manmade, but forgotten. It is the stuff that humanswrought, careless…
How I changed my mind about AI, and why I’m still not sure I want to tell you about the moment I changed my mind about AI. But first I have to tell you about the guilt. When I first started seeing the numbers about how much water AI data centers consume, I felt something…
On attention, incarnation, and why good infrastructure is a form of love Simone Weil believed that attention was the rarest and purest form of generosity. Not attention as concentration or willpower — not the gritted-teeth effort of someone trying very hard — but attention as a kind of self-emptying. When discussing the love of Christ,…
