Last night, I attended Town Meeting in Lanesborough, MA. Town meeting government is peculiar to New England and especially strong in Massachusetts, where almost 300… Read More »Town Meeting and a lesson on civic efficacy
MIT’s commencement was Friday, and (despite the fact that most of my Masters students are continuing to work on their theses over the summer) my… Read More »Lessons learned from walking at work
I would be sad to return to the pre-internet days of music fandom. I think back to the days of paper fanzines with hazy nostalgia,… Read More »Melodica Music: stepping back in time in downtown Nairobi
The Atlantic was kind enough to run a lightly edited version of this post. I’m posting here after their publication so that this remains in… Read More »When Being Happy is Political
Three years into my time at MIT, I’m trying to get back into the habit of blogging, something that was a near-daily habit for me… Read More »Monithon and Monitorial Citizenship in Italy
[one_third_last]It was a great honor to win the Zocalo Public Square book prize for Rewire… and I’ve understood the honor more deeply as I’ve gotten… Read More »Two talks, no waiting