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Recording me in the street is antisocial behavior
We know that the cameras we use to protect ourselves invade privacy. But they have a bigger cost to us in public trust.
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Making the same mistake
We treat Charlie Brown’s trying to kick the football like a set of individual, necessary decisions. Lucy is untrustworthy.
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Testify—having the words to say
In the midst of talking about persecution, Jesus offers a kind of better-said-than-done bit of optimism.
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The people who don’t want verification
With a change to the verification process on Twitter, many see this as another opportunity to engineer chaos.
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Righteousness and Contempt
Again, it is tempting to take a parable from Jesus as an invitation to be better than others, even when we know better.
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From two theaters to none
My hometown used to have two movie theaters. Now there are none. And yet the market for movies remains without corporations.
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When we can’t trust the process
Everything in life has a process. But when some decide a process can’t be trusted, we no longer have a process.