Going Critical

What I learned from the simulation above is that there are ideas and cultural practices that can take root and spread in a city that simply can't spread out in the countryside. (Mathematically can't.) These are the very same ideas and the very same kinds of people. It's not that rural folks are e.g. "small-minded"; … Continue reading Going Critical

Who Cares? : On Nags, Martyrs, the Women Who Give Up, and the Men Who Don’t Get It

"Then I came into the living room at the moment we had to leave and realized that my six-year-old had been wrong. His homework hadn’t been done or checked. His lunch hadn’t been packed. He didn’t have a snack or fresh water. He didn’t have an electronic device to bring to school for their special … Continue reading Who Cares? : On Nags, Martyrs, the Women Who Give Up, and the Men Who Don’t Get It