Category: community and culture

  • Information and Attention

    “In an information-rich world, the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes. What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among…

  • More or Less Right

    More or Less Right

    The fuel-delivery driver stared at me through an elongated windshield. The riverwalk however was filled with others, so I proceeded along the path. He reversed just fast enough to remain ahead of me but eventually stopped after his partner signaled more pedestrians were coming. Maybe he thought that he had been blocking the sidewalk first.…

  • An Unfortunate Event

    An Unfortunate Event

    I revisited the 3rd St. Market Hall last week while in Milwaukee for a baseball game after such a good experience in the spring. At that time, I eventually chose barbecue chicken mac-and-cheese for lunch, which I leisurely enjoyed before going to the art museum. I stopped again later for some coffee before my return…