Tessa Fights Robots - Being Human Among Robots

Lovers, Missionaries and Technology: A Story of a Passionate Little Boy

Listen, baby. I’ve built a castle for you. I want you to love my castle, and I want you to love me for building it.

I am an Outsider: A Story of Freedom

In a world driven by financial self-preservation, truth-telling is a commercial affair. Truth, the edited version, hello.

Civilization at a Crossroads: Feelings, Words, and a Power Grab

Our masters don’t mind our fighting with each other for the leftovers from their table.

The Speedup

Imagine trying to get happy on a tight deadline. Like you have ten minutes to get happy, or else your boss is going to punish you.

Facts, Soundbites, Disinfo: Who Decides What’s Real?

Our soundbites are our digital drugs.

I Wanted to Talk About Dating R Kelly But Ended Up Talking about Russian Culture Instead

This story is about the Russian women and our cross-generational strengths, weaknesses, courage, and servitude.

Too Many Names to Remember: Are We 7 Billion Anonymous Observers?

I can watch a video with 55 million views, cry over it, feel the feeling—and never know who made it, or who was in it.

Political Correctness Deciphered

The problem of free speech vs. political correctness is not framed correctly. The real problem is the algorithmic approach. Robots are mechanical. People are complex and subjective. Robots react to symbols. People want respect. In the physical world, for every...

A Non-Partisan Rant about Compassion

It is not about democrats vs. republicans, or Trump vs. Obama, or racist misogynists vs. lazy entitled millennials. I think that in the heart of hearts, it is about people who are willing to do work in order to remain whole and human (regardless of political camp, race, gender, and nationality), vs. people who don’t bother.

Girl on the subway

I was on my way somewhere, and I saw a guy yelling at the girl on the subway platform.

Soul Searching, Commerce, and Being a Rebel: Ouch

It is difficult to love freedom in today’s America but rebellion against soullessness is necessary if we are to live.

A Universal Facebook Status

“You, yes you over there, listen to ME. It is absolutely obvious that all articles that promote my candidate are based on undeniable facts and solid logic, and all articles that criticize my candidate, are based on ridiculous lies fabricated by the enemy. We all know who the enemy is.”

‘Man-Eating Machine’

Each child grows up to discover that he doesn’t need to be real, he just needs to be “adequate.”

Yes, I am European. Yes, I Believe in Free Speech. No, Native Halloween Costumes Are NOT Okay

As a newcomer to this land, I know that stereotyping is an American sport. It is very much in your face if you grew up elsewhere. Being stereotyped by those who don’t understand your culture and never visited your home, is annoying as hell. But I think that when it comes to stereotyping American indigenous people in their own land, and using their spiritually significant symbols for costumes, it’s a whole different level of obnoxiousness.