Taylor Hodge
Essays and notes on work, technology, culture, and living well.
2024
Software as Theater
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Communicating from the past toward the future with powerful illusions
Work in progress
2021
Happiness
Sunday, September 26, 2021
On happiness and the boundless nature of our own conditions
User Research
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
On the importance of listening to those you're building for
Accomplishments and Awareness
Friday, July 16, 2021
How we should think about valuing human accomplishment.
Work in progress
Beauty
Friday, July 16, 2021
On beauty
Work in progress
Connectedness
Friday, July 16, 2021
How are the most meaningful aspects of life intertwingled?
Work in progress
Cultural Determinism
Friday, July 16, 2021
Work in progress
Definite Optimism
Friday, July 16, 2021
Work in progress
Infinite Games
Friday, July 16, 2021
Play to keep playing
Work in progress
Liberty
Friday, July 16, 2021
Why liberty is important.
Work in progress
Localism
Friday, July 16, 2021
Why localism is important.
Work in progress
Optionality
Friday, July 16, 2021
Why maximizing for optionality is Wrong (for me).
Work in progress
Play
Friday, July 16, 2021
On the importance of play
Work in progress
Progress
Friday, July 16, 2021
Progress and growth are morally good
Work in progress
Self-sufficiency
Friday, July 16, 2021
Why self-sufficiency is important—and almost certainly not enough.
Work in progress
The Sacred
Friday, July 16, 2021
Why it's important to embody and nourish the sacred.
Work in progress
Time
Friday, July 16, 2021
Work in progress
Win and Help Win
Friday, July 16, 2021
On the importance of playing zero-sum games
Work in progress
Work
Friday, July 16, 2021
On work and obsession and dedication
Work in progress
Everything is a Scam
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Everything is a scam.
Work in progress