The lie you chose to believe Always contains the truth That has chosen you The lie is comforting Because the truth is disturbing

But surely, you’ve noticed by now That all progress is incremental Across increments of time Because all progress is time-bound And the unfolding of time

I’m still the kind of person who is shocked that you can run out of gas and run out of luck at the exact same time

Either like swords all signs have a point Or like the needle of a compass

In communist Russia no one wanted to be seen to be the first person to stop clapping for Stalin In America today

Originally a method for learning from mistakes science had been debased into a tool for sorting right from wrong

“The week that AI went to scale” was immediately followed by “North America’s UFO weekend” as if all this time the UFOs had been waiting

Starting gun to my head I’ll finish what you started And run the race By running in place

In cyberspace We play Simon Says In an endless repetition of Repeat after me In the world to come

Writing history is hard especially when it’s about the past

The surest way to know That God is always there for us Is that we always have a choice This is why religion and liberalis… Are a match made in heaven

I tried doing everything right Until I dug a hole Took a right turn at Albuquerque And realized There are no straight lines in my…

While I was waiting for them to come to their senses they came to my house

The best way to feel in control even though all control is an illusion is to stand in a line

Our brains are just big enough to operate eight fingers and two thumbs An octopus is smart but if it also had