Apr 9, 2021Consciousness is Bound to be Simpler Than We ThinkNote: If you still haven’t seen Westworld Season 2 and would like to (Season 3 is now complete, get on it!), there’s a spoiler in the first section here you may want to skip. In the final episode of Westworld Season 2, we get a better understanding of the mysterious…Consciousness5 min readConsciousness5 min read
Mar 25, 2021Why It’s So Hard to Talk About Consciousness, And How To Make It EasierWhen I was 15 I was obsessed with making music. I bought a Tascam 4 track recorder, second hand drums, a guitar and bass and looped any friend I could find into the “band.” Of course the second most important thing, after the music, was how cool the name and…Consciousness8 min readConsciousness8 min read
Mar 15, 2021Why I’m Leaving Tech To Think About ThinkingA few years ago I was at Ocean Beach in San Francisco with some friends. As a cool breeze blew in and we watched the sunset from a graffiti covered concrete platform, the conversation took a reflective turn. “What would you do if you didn’t have to worry about money?”…Consciousness5 min readConsciousness5 min read
Sep 17, 2016Understand the Irish in 6 WordsIn December 2015 I was in Dingle for the annual Other Voices festival with 8 Irish friends. We brushed shoulders with Glen Hansard, drank pints, sang with the locals in a pub well over stuffed at 30 people. …Ireland5 min readIreland5 min read
Sep 15, 2016My Little Irish Dictionary87 (in some cases not-so-SFW) words in Irish English and my best American translations. Collected from friends and coworkers during a year-long visit to Dublin. After — immediately following. I’m just after watching a movie. All Biz — ready to go Ah sure look it — well listen, this is…Fiction5 min readFiction5 min read
Aug 30, 2016A Toast To Ireland, The Craic, Some of the Best People in the World, and the Session to End all SessionsOriginally given 31 Jul 2016 @ The Solstice, Dublin, Ireland. It’s only been a year since I arrived in Ireland, but as some of you may have noticed, something has happened to me. You might call it infatuation. You might call it going native. You might say I’m a header…Ireland2 min readIreland2 min read
