July 2020

Building on The Age of Belonging David Brooks called it out as clearly as I’ve seen it – “the rampant individualism of our current culture is a catastrophe.” A catastrophe is a powerful word – conjuring images of a town in the American heartland, completely shredded in the aftermath of a tornado. Except the damage to us isn’t as tangible as someone looking at...

I’ve recently been experimenting with the Zettelkasten method for organizing information gleaned from reading and other content I consume. I’m still getting the hang of it, but, boiled down to its essence, the general process is: Quickly capture any raw clippings that stand out to you (a quote, passage, etc) in an inbox.Process your inbox, rewriting the clipping in your own voice...