Project Spero and Pauses... Real Questions Are Just Beginning samharrelson.com/2026/02/26/pro…

When Intelligence Becomes Land Use (or When the Cloud is Made of Land) samharrelson.com/2026/02/27/whe…

The Overstory samharrelson.com/2026/02/28/the…

Crazy... last year was my old school blog's "best year" (visits-wise) since 2010 or so, and it's about to pass that already after the first two months of this year. I have a Substack as well, and that's doing better than I'd imagined, but it's good to see blogs still out there.

Reading Acts with Middle Schoolers: Waiting, Seeing, and Stepping Forward samharrelson.com/2026/03/01/rea…

Terrible take that wouldn’t work in a middle school history class. These terms refer to the context of colonization (by… Europeans in this case).

What Spartanburg Learned About Data Centers and Why Marion County Should Pay Attention samharrelson.com/2026/03/03/wha…

Edith Stein and the Lost Art of Understanding Another Being samharrelson.com/2026/03/04/edi…

Why Optimism Requires Imagination Right Now samharrelson.com/2026/03/05/why…

Ben’s Pinewood Derby Car for 2026 samharrelson.com/2026/03/07/ben…

Eyes of the World and The Spiritual Discipline of Paying Attention samharrelson.com/2026/03/09/eye…

Elephant Time, Bergson's Duration, and the Possibility of Empathy samharrelson.com/2026/03/11/ele…

“I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news.” — John Muir

What the Soil Remembers samharrelson.com/2026/03/16/wha…

OpenClaw Soil samharrelson.com/2026/03/17/ope…

The Night the Room Stayed Full in Spartanburg open.substack.com/pub/carolinaec…

"Completely off the scale for March" samharrelson.com/2026/03/20/com…

What If AI Learned from Forests Instead of Empires? samharrelson.com/2026/03/20/wha…

"Up to a certain threshold, additional energy strongly correlates with improvements in health, literacy, and basic welfare. Beyond that threshold, the gains flatten considerably. You get diminishing returns. And the threshold at which this flattening begins is considerably lower

The Great Turning samharrelson.com/2026/03/25/the…