I stayed up all night writing about W. G. Sebald, why I and so many of my contemporaries keep returning to his work, and why "the Sebaldian" has become an inescapable mode of writing today. Link in bio, etc.

Last year, i couldn't stop thinking about @tsmullaney's “The Chinese Computer” book. I found myself recalling the days of my childhood when I “learned” to type, and how my name, “Zhao (曌),” with its uncommon character, was lost for years in the liminal spaces of early Chinese input systems. It was a small, personal reminder of the hubris we carry toward technology, and the unyielding constraints.

we're hosting another book club!! this time: Bruno Latour's "The Pasteurization of France," about how 'pasteurization' took of as a 'scientific meme' and gained credibility passing through several research communities four weeks, starting Feb 17 at 4pm —DM if interested!