Feb

08

You're Doing It Wrong: Notes on Criticism and Technology Hype

I'm reposting this essay I wrote in 2021 because the online blogging platform Medium has apparently changed its

Feb 8, 2026

19 min read

Aug

26

Podcast Reflections: Mary Bridges on US Bankers Abroad and the Making of a Global Superpower

I'm on research leave this fall, and it is giving me time to step back and reflect on

Aug 26, 2025

3 min read

Aug

20

Against Narcissistic-Sociopathic Technology Studies, or Why Do People *USE* Technologies?

Why and how do people USE technologies? This question should be at the center of any thinking about human life

Aug 20, 2025

16 min read

Aug

15

Disinvestment and Decline in Infrastructure Studies

My favorite webpage in the history of the Internet is a Wikipedia entry titled, "Lists of Ghost Towns in

Aug 15, 2025

7 min read

Feb

17

The Inevitability of Philosophical Anthropology

I wrote this little essay in tribute to several conversations I was involved in last semester, especially a live event

Feb 17, 2025

10 min read

Sep

20

In the Shadow of "Technology"

This is the first in a series of posts I hope to do over the course of the semester. One

Sep 20, 2024

10 min read

May

28

Talk Tomorrow: The Social Aesthetics of Problem-Selection

Tomorrow - Wednesday, May 29 - I am giving a talk online from 12:30-2pm ET as part the Consortium

May 28, 2024

2 min read

Apr

05

Start Where the Pain Is: Notes on Topic-Selection in Technology Studies

Here's the irony I will explore in this post: When we watch presentations in Science and Technology Studies,

Apr 5, 2024

9 min read

Mar

18

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of David Hounshell's _From American System to Mass Production_

Whelp. This newsletter has so far been slower than I hoped because, as soon as I launched it, health issues

Mar 18, 2024

10 min read

Feb

23

Introducing the Peoples & Things Newsletter

For a while now, I’ve been hankering for a place to park various projects I’m working on, including

Feb 23, 2024

8 min read