Archive - BCGL

The Dismantling of the Library of Congress is an Assault on Knowledge Itself

Some thoughts on the day...

May 12 •

April 2025

"The World for Wager" in Current Affairs (and Internazionale)

Apr 22 •

December 2024

2024 in Writing

Another year goes by...

Dec 21, 2024 •

October 2024

Who's Afraid of AI?

New piece in the November issue of The New Republic

Oct 10, 2024 •

September 2024

For Bright Wall/Dark Room, I spent a month and a half re-watching movies about the Holocaust.

Sep 11, 2024 •

August 2024

I watched Jerry Lewis's footage of The Day the Clown Cried

... and I wrote about it

Aug 29, 2024 •

January 2024

CompStat and "Beautiful Evidence"

New essay in Protean Magazine

Jan 19, 2024 •

December 2023

A Year in Essays

Dec 30, 2023 •

August 2023

Spread Thin by Spreadsheets

New essays in WIRED and Jacobin!

Aug 16, 2023 •

February 2023

25 Years of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Anne Frank's ghost is all around...

Feb 10, 2023 •

January 2023

Current Affairs Podcast

What Do New Artificial Intelligence Developments Mean for Society?

Jan 12, 2023 •

October 2022

On Sports Cards and Manufacturing Nostalgia

My piece in the latest issue of Current Affairs, now online!

Oct 19, 2022 •

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