Archive - All Else is Never Constant

Incrementalism or Iterative Change

I’m tired of hearing how the left always eats its own, as though the littlest disagreement will destroy any efficacy the left has and frighten off any…

Feb 15, 2021 •

January 2021

A Murmuration of Starlings

On January 6th as Congress was preparing to certify the victory of Biden and Harris in the recent election, Donald Trump held a rally and sent the most…

Jan 12, 2021 •

November 2020

My favorite explanation of complexity is the pot of boiling water. When you put a pot of liquid water on the stove it is in a steady state. All of the…

Nov 17, 2020 •

October 2020

The Edge of Chaos and the Failure of Progressivism

The following essay was written right after the 2016 election. I think it useful to revisit it now. The age of Donald Trump is an age of uncertainty…

Oct 21, 2020 •

September 2020

We spent the Friday Ruth Bader Ginsberg died counting signs. Well, that wasn’t the only thing we did. My trans wife and I live in a small town, Prairie…

Sep 29, 2020 •

August 2020

Where Do We Go From Here?

When my mother was a junior in high school she lost her first job in retail sales because a boy asked her out on Friday and she skipped her shift at…

Aug 28, 2020 •

July 2020

Characteristics of Complex Adaptive Systems

Jul 20, 2020 •

The Tragedy of the Commons

It’s time for a new understanding of the commons. There are narratives that are oft retold in education particularly in economic theory. I was taught…

Jul 15, 2020 •

Mechanical versus Biological Systems

A brief introduction to complex adaptive systems

Jul 6, 2020 •

June 2020

Why This Time is Different

As a species we have this bias towards seeing things in linear patterns. It makes the left ill equipped to respond to backlash. We see failure as…

Jun 3, 2020 •

May 2020

Quarantine Fatigue

Like everyone else three weeks, four weeks, two years? what is it exactly? into Quarantine I’m finding the emotional strain to be a bit much. I fear I…

May 21, 2020 •

Networks VS Bubbles

Look to the margins that are creating emergent systems. Those most deeply impacted are most likely to develop the systems that will survive.

May 5, 2020 •

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