Astra Taylor has written a response to the piece by Dana Goldstein that I referenced in my last post; Conor Friedersdorf has responded to both Goldstein’s piece and mine. Both essays are worth your time and interest. Update: Goldstein follows up.

“I do indeed say that writing is artificial, and maybe one of our divergences is due to my not having explained that I do not consider being artificial necessarily bad at all, but rather of itself good. Nothing is more human than artifice. Only human beings can make products that are truly artificial–extensions into the […]

I was asked to write a piece on Obama’s recent tuition proposal for Consider Magazine, and was happy to provide one. You can check it out here. The format of the magazine is point-counterpoint, which requires a certain degree of tunnel vision. Also, the word count limit was a constraint. I will just add this: […]