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Monsters at Work: When the Past Refuses to Move Out

Some things are not “memories”; they are tenants. You think you moved on, then you...
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What one can learn from playing the villain and choosing the wrong adventures

Before we ever faced a dragon, opened a trapped chest, or argued over who should...
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World-Building as a Personal Practice

World-building is a term often associated with speculative fiction. J.R.R. Tolkien built Middle-earth. H.G. Wells...
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Reality Is a Terrible Place to Test an Assumption

Practicing for a speech, recital, or sporting event can feel repetitive, difficult, and largely invisible....
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FORTRAN at the Dining Room Table

When I was back home recently, my mother and I reminisced about the programming classes...
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Expert in a Dying Field

There is a particular kind of anxiety that comes from becoming very good at something...
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Red, Blue, and the Space Between: What BTS’s “Normal” Says About Life’s Complexity

I have always loved deep lyrics. The kind that seem simple on the first listen,...
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World and Wisdom: Building Better Practice Fields for Reality

I still remember seeing the film The Matrix in 1999. At first, it felt like...
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The Robot Butler Finally Came Back

When I was a kid, I was convinced the future was going to arrive on...
Ghost

Worlds That Aren’t, and What They Teach Us

There is a strange comfort in being scared by something we know is not real....
Mixtape

The Mixtape Never Really Died

There was a time when collecting music required patience, timing, and the reflexes of a...
Brand

Brand: Before the Logo, There Were Cattle

Brand started with cattle. Ranchers burned marks onto livestock so people knew which animals belonged...

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