Taylor Hodge

Essays and notes on work, technology, culture, and living well.

2024

Software as Theater

Communicating from the past toward the future with powerful illusions

Work in progress

2021

Happiness

On happiness and the boundless nature of our own conditions

User Research

On the importance of listening to those you're building for

Accomplishments and Awareness

How we should think about valuing human accomplishment.

Work in progress

Beauty

On beauty

Work in progress

Connectedness

How are the most meaningful aspects of life intertwingled?

Work in progress

Cultural Determinism

Work in progress

Definite Optimism

Work in progress

Infinite Games

Play to keep playing

Work in progress

Liberty

Why liberty is important.

Work in progress

Localism

Why localism is important.

Work in progress

Optionality

Why maximizing for optionality is Wrong (for me).

Work in progress

Play

On the importance of play

Work in progress

Progress

Progress and growth are morally good

Work in progress

Self-sufficiency

Why self-sufficiency is important—and almost certainly not enough.

Work in progress

The Sacred

Why it's important to embody and nourish the sacred.

Work in progress

Time

Work in progress

Win and Help Win

On the importance of playing zero-sum games

Work in progress

Work

On work and obsession and dedication

Work in progress

Everything is a Scam

Everything is a scam.

Work in progress