There is a strange kind of decision that looks almost worthless while you are making it. It takes five minutes. Maybe less. You stare at a screen, compare two options, move a number from one column to another, read one paragraph twice, ask yourself a question, and finally choose. Nothing dramatic happens. No music plays….
There is a strange moment that happens when you learn something new. Before that moment, it was invisible. Then suddenly, it is everywhere. You learn the name of a particular type of car, and somehow you start seeing it on every road. You discover a certain design pattern, and suddenly every application seems to use…
There are things you learn because someone teaches you. Then there are things you learn because life quietly puts you in a situation where you have no choice but to figure them out. Nobody gives you the manual. Nobody gathers everyone around a table and says, “Before you continue, there is something you should know.”…
Some moments in pop culture are supposed to be temporary. A movie premieres. A song becomes popular. A television show gets everyone talking. A photograph appears everywhere for a few weeks. A dance becomes impossible to avoid. Then, eventually, something new arrives. That is how culture is supposed to work. One thing replaces another. Yesterday’s…
There is something strange about games. We know they are not real. We know the buildings are made from polygons, the landscapes are textures, the characters are collections of animations, and the explosions are carefully timed pieces of software. We know that when a character falls from a mountain, nobody is actually falling. When a…
There is a strange place we visit thousands of times every day. It has no address. It does not appear on a map. We cannot measure its streets, photograph its buildings, or point to an entrance. Yet we pass through it constantly. It is the tiny space between one thought and another. You might be…
