Well, I think it’s fair to say the experiment with a publishing schedule through March did not accomplish much. As I mentioned in that planning post there are plenty of things going on that make more urgent demands than this blog. Commitments made to the aether are simply not as compelling as those made to actual humans I see regularly.
I beganto write a number of posts that I never published, telling myself that I would have to come back and edit them before they were good enough to put up. Read More...
If the course of human history is governed by emergent macroforces far beyond any individual then what does it matter what we do when it comes to politics? If the end of feudalism was determined by productive technologies being no longer dependent on land; if world war was inevitable because of the logic of states and not the personalities of various state leaders; if the emancipation of women and the sexual revolution were caused by the changing nature of work and the contraceptive pill; and so on. Read More...
Working on this blog has, rather obviously I’m afraid, not been a priority since its original creation in 2016. I work at a bar/arcade to pay the bills; I am working on a computer game with a group of friends; I go trampolining a couple of times a week for fun and fitness; I spend time with my partner and friends; and life presents its endless dramas and demands. Nevertheless this blog – though it might not look it at the moment – represents a hope for a longer-term career of writing and so it’s time my commitment to it reflects that. Read More...
