Archive - Subtle Sparks

A Trickster Treat

Archetypes, shadows, identities, and meet my friend Chester

Oct 30 •

Sleeping Sharks, Einstein vs Bergson, and Feeling Stuck in Life

Swimming and flying - uncommon sleep - the Einstein-Bergson debate - reference frames

Oct 23 •

Internet Beasts: Trolls, Golems, and Gremlins, Oh My

Welcome to the data mines

Oct 16 •

Coffee Shop Conversations

Come on in, take a seat, and let's talk about ideas

Oct 11 •

Spiders in Space and the Meaning of Life

The International Space Station, Hannah Arendt, three anchors of meaning, and social media webs

Oct 7 •

The Begging Creator Economy

Ernest Hemingway, the House of Medici, and AI bulls conspire to (not) pay creatives on the internet

Oct 2 •

September 2024

Jungle writing #1 - on sexy life stories and the surface area of luck

Sep 27 •

Mozart's Spaceship and Female Genius

Or, genius isn't gendered or numbered

Sep 23 •

Spandrels and Sparks

On the evolution of a newsletter

Sep 20 •

The Game of Life: Pixel Patterns, Gamification, and Peter Pan

Click here to begin. Oops, you're dead. Start over?

Sep 16 •

The Sloth and the Greenland Shark

A parable on slowness in three parts, from someone who can't sit still

Sep 11 •

Sex Robots and the Future of Physical Intimacy

Sep 6 •

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