Charlie Kirk and the ‘violence of words’

Deranged individuals have come to believe violence is, somehow, a more appropriate response to "offensive" speech than merely finding better words of…

Sep 13 • 

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August 2025

We are all imposters

Adulthood is basically just waking up and doing one’s best impersonation of a “grown-up.”

Aug 23 • 

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Everything comes with an expiration date… even ideas

There’s a reason most novels, business startups, and innovative creative ventures suffer quiet deaths of abandonment.

Aug 15 • 

Michael Schaus

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July 2025

Anecdotal evidence matters more than you think…

In a world awash with “big data,” should a lack of objective measurements render individual observations irrelevant?

Jul 25 • 

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June 2025

Distraction is necessary for creativity

A little divergent sidetracking now and again might be every bit as important to the creative process as actually doing the bloody work.

Jun 21 • 

Michael Schaus

May 2025

Incuriosity in the age of ‘AI’

AI isn’t the problem. The utter lack of curiosity among the people using it is the real worry.

May 31 • 

Michael Schaus

From the archives: F-ck the whole business

Profanity isn’t merely ornamental. It instead serves an incalculably important role in our self-expression…

May 24 • 

Michael Schaus

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Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for a creative dystopia

There’s an apocalypse coming for the creative world, and it’s being brought to us by the uninspiring mind of Mark Zuckerberg.

May 9 • 

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April 2025

Professional freaks, and the worlds they ruin

“When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional.”

Apr 26 • 

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From the archives: Punk Rock Politics

Nothing makes me feel more punk rock than the utter rage I feel each year while being bullied by bureaucratic revenuers for an ever-larger slice of my…

Apr 16 • 

Michael Schaus

‘And then’ is no way to tell a story

We should think about what we need to do to make our goals become a natural consequence of our daily actions.

Apr 12 • 

Michael Schaus

Tariffs, storytelling and the cult of personality

Is there a lesson about public discourse we can wrest from our current moment of intransigent bullheaded politics?

Apr 5 • 

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