Our tools change us. We should be wise about the ones we use. return.life/2022/03/07/the…

This is true, of course, but we're not helping Ukraine out of obligation, but because "investing in the destruction of (Russia's) military, without losing a single American troop, strikes me (Rep. Dan Crenshaw) as a good idea." Ukraine is a tool we'll cast aside once its broken.

The Bitcoin monastery is the marriage of the ecclesiastical and entrepreneurial. Housed within its walled gardens is an order dedicated to the maintenance and perfection of software. return.life/2022/10/18/wor…

New at RETURN: Emmalea Russo on Don't Worry Darling. return.life/2022/10/19/is-…

Typifying a broader cultural derangement, Olivia Wilde’s second film Don’t Worry Darling "claims to be progressive material but refuses to develop a meaningful relationship to either the simulated past or the real present." return.life/2022/10/19/is-…

Elon’s Basilisk | James Poulos return.life/2022/10/28/elo…

There are spiritual implications to Elon’s purchase of Twitter. James Poulos explains why this isn’t just another company acquisition. return.life/2022/10/28/elo…

The more we experience life in the age of advanced technology, the less utopian our visions of the future have become. In two new dystopian TV shows, advancements in technology are synonymous with regressions of our humanity. return.life/2022/11/08/ind…

Making art is a human endeavor. Chance and process — both absent from the generation of AI art — are necessary parts of genuine creativity.

THEIR tech writers: “This old tweet I found rates 7.5 JK Rowlings on the Southern Law Transphobia Scale.” OUR tech writers: return.life/2022/08/guide-…

“People are asking if we’re post-liberal, but the sex controversies have me wondering if we’re not almost post-ideological. In the age of outrage, we’re all the way back to drawing our primary identity lines around animal basics.” return.life/2022/12/thirst… via RETURN

Some of the illustrations I made while at RETURN

Climate issues Greta cares about: your car, your gas stove, how many kids you have, the size of your house Climate issues she doesn't: a gas pipeline blown up, million lbs of lethal poison in the water supply, incineration of food factories, China's coal plants, Asia's plastic