keeping_things_incognitoOn the Co-optation, Commodification and Professionalization of Social (Justice) Work and why…I am going to make a case that might betray my professional biases: I believe that social work (which can encompass everything from case….26 min read·Mar 8, 2023----
keeping_things_incognitoThe Surprisingly Radical Origins of the Eight-Hour Day and the Revolutionary Potential of…The length of the workday, and the often-alienating content that fills that length, fail to escape the notice of anyone who has ever…8 min read·Dec 2, 2020----
keeping_things_incognitoAn Addendum on Voting and Why It Does and Doesn’t MatterThe previous posts on non-hierarchical forms of organization raise a timely question: What is democratic political participation? Voting…5 min read·Nov 2, 2020----
keeping_things_incognitoAgainst All Hierarchies: Part Four — Building Non-HierarchyIn Parts One through Three, I argued that human societies, at least those based on agriculture and industry, tend toward hierarchies which…13 min read·Oct 26, 2020----
keeping_things_incognitoWhy I Can No Longer Read (or Write) Fiction: Confessions of a Confused Thirty-SomethingThe easiest explanation is that 2020 did it. Everything that I read from other people’s imaginations or try to write from my own seems…10 min read·Sep 20, 2020----
keeping_things_incognitoAgainst All Hierarchies: Part Three — The Coping of the Worker-PrecariatHaving explored the structure of hierarchies and the ideology of leadership, we now turn to the question of how individuals must suppress…15 min read·Sep 6, 2020----
keeping_things_incognitoAgainst All Hierarchies: Part Two — The Aesthetic of “Leadership”In this section, I would like to argue that hierarchies tend to coalesce around two types of leaders: the “lifers” who concern themselves…11 min read·Aug 16, 2020----
keeping_things_incognitoAgainst All Hierarchies: Part One — Debating the Inevitability of HierarchiesI would like to make three arguments:13 min read·Aug 1, 2020----
keeping_things_incognitoThe Triangular Rivalry of Leftist IdeologyI write this for the benefit of the intellectually curious, particularly those who have been drawn to the “left” in recent years as a…26 min read·Jul 21, 2020----
keeping_things_incognitoOn Optimism, Capitalism, and PassivityI have a particular grudge against certain buzzwords, outlooks and trends. Terms like “the power of positive thinking” and sayings like…8 min read·Nov 14, 2019----