The Politics of Grievance
I didn’t plan to spend the week writing about geopolitics. But it’s hard to ignore a moment when the President of the United States publicly ties foreign-policy decisions to not…
Author: rogersiggs
Practical Acceptance
January is already a rough time for me to pretend to be a functioning adult. Coming back after the holidays feels like trying to re-enter orbit with half a tank…
AI Isn’t Just a Tech Shift—It’s Late-Stage Capitalism Speedrunning Its Oldest Failure Modes
One of the strangest rituals of the current AI moment is how hard the industry tries to insist that everything is new. That this is a clean break from history,…
Coming Back to the Work (and Doing It Differently)
There’s a particular feeling that settles in during the first week back after a holiday break. The calendar fills up faster than your nervous system can catch up. Slack wakes…
The Axiom That Explains Modern Republican Policy
— and Why “AI Everything” Fits the Same Pattern If you want to understand the through-line in modern Republican policy, you don’t need a think tank or a 600-page strategy…