Contingent Thoughts is just what it says: ideas set down in a specific context, a particular juncture, that may prove wrong or evolve. My main subject is culture and technology. My approach is historical and personal.
Being a child of the Cold War, a former college history instructor, and a recently retiredinstructional technologist, I have wide-ranging interests, look for connections, and am interested in how culture and technology intersect.
Writing and reporting on AI, tech, labor and power. For everyone Silicon Valley is happening to.
A newsletter on economics, geopolitics and history from Adam Tooze. More substantial than the twitter feed. More freewheeling than what you might read from me in FT, Foreign Policy, New Statesman.
My life as an autistic woman. How I navigate life, run my business, work, live, and love. This is my life, my journey, my thoughts. Busting myths and making discoveries along the way. Join me, I'll take you wherever you want to go. ASD neurodivergence