L2s are just the Internet Re-treading its Steps
This post was written as part of the Lens x Kiwi Writing Contest. I’ve written about culture’s tendency to diverge and converge and eventually speciate into distinct cultures. So distinct do these cultures become, in fact, that you could place any real-world example of polar opposites and find a common ancestor for 99% of situations. Conservatism vs. Liberalism all stem from core beliefs around innovation. The human gene pool, milliard nation states, and even language itself are nothing but e...
L2s are just the Internet Re-treading its Steps
This post was written as part of the Lens x Kiwi Writing Contest. I’ve written about culture’s tendency to diverge and converge and eventually speciate into distinct cultures. So distinct do these cultures become, in fact, that you could place any real-world example of polar opposites and find a common ancestor for 99% of situations. Conservatism vs. Liberalism all stem from core beliefs around innovation. The human gene pool, milliard nation states, and even language itself are nothing but e...
A Graveyard of Protocols
In July 2019, I set out to report the Tour de France live. I had two remote grand tours under my belt, knew the racers and the teams, and was intimately familiar with waking up at 4 am to catch the pre-race interviews. So, with nothing but a shitty Nikon camera and my laptop, I booked a ticket to Milan, where my "guide," Luis, was supposed to pick me up for a road trip to Brussels for the grand départ. Only Luis never showed up in Milan. There were some complications with his trip, a few thin...
A Graveyard of Protocols
In July 2019, I set out to report the Tour de France live. I had two remote grand tours under my belt, knew the racers and the teams, and was intimately familiar with waking up at 4 am to catch the pre-race interviews. So, with nothing but a shitty Nikon camera and my laptop, I booked a ticket to Milan, where my "guide," Luis, was supposed to pick me up for a road trip to Brussels for the grand départ. Only Luis never showed up in Milan. There were some complications with his trip, a few thin...
Whole Earth Theory
There used to be a single gargantuan landmass where everything took place. The supercontinent of Pangea saw the first land-dwelling lifeforms crawl out of the murky depths and evolve into everything we know. And then, as all things do, Pangea was unbundled. It broke apart into the continents we know today, and the critics have clamored for its return ever since. I’m starting to see a lot of conversation around super-apps out there: from Elon attempting to place every interaction of our lives ...
Whole Earth Theory
There used to be a single gargantuan landmass where everything took place. The supercontinent of Pangea saw the first land-dwelling lifeforms crawl out of the murky depths and evolve into everything we know. And then, as all things do, Pangea was unbundled. It broke apart into the continents we know today, and the critics have clamored for its return ever since. I’m starting to see a lot of conversation around super-apps out there: from Elon attempting to place every interaction of our lives ...
Crypto Needs its Captcha Moment
Ever been stopped by a website and asked to prove you're not a robot? You know, those little tests where you're asked to pick out all the buses or decipher squiggly letters. There's something much deeper to these "Captcha moments" than meets the eye. It's a simple task, but a game-changer when you realize what's happening behind the veil. A (pretty accepted) urban legend out there says that whenever you correctly identify a bus or a fire hydrant, you're helping t...
Crypto Needs its Captcha Moment
Ever been stopped by a website and asked to prove you're not a robot? You know, those little tests where you're asked to pick out all the buses or decipher squiggly letters. There's something much deeper to these "Captcha moments" than meets the eye. It's a simple task, but a game-changer when you realize what's happening behind the veil. A (pretty accepted) urban legend out there says that whenever you correctly identify a bus or a fire hydrant, you're helping t...
What’s your Erdős Number?
It all starts in the vast expanse of space. I recently had a cute question pop into my mind: “What’s the nearest solar system to ours?”. And sure, while the answer was just a Google search away (Alpha Centauri, by the way), it struck me as odd that this piece of trivia isn’t usually talked about out in the streets. You’d think some elementary school textbook would show our neighbors to illustrate just how big the cosmos is or something. You know Mars and Venus are the closest planets to Earth...
What’s your Erdős Number?
It all starts in the vast expanse of space. I recently had a cute question pop into my mind: “What’s the nearest solar system to ours?”. And sure, while the answer was just a Google search away (Alpha Centauri, by the way), it struck me as odd that this piece of trivia isn’t usually talked about out in the streets. You’d think some elementary school textbook would show our neighbors to illustrate just how big the cosmos is or something. You know Mars and Venus are the closest planets to Earth...
