Kipchoge SpencerHow We Lit Our California Homestead on FireWe just burned 45 acres of forest to protect it from burning. I’ve heard for years that setting match to the forest in a controlled way…May 2, 20231May 2, 20231
Kipchoge SpencerI love this, thank you. A few questions.(1) Would it better to replace all the little machines before the end of life? Or does that "waste" the embodied energy of existing…Sep 9, 2021Sep 9, 2021
Kipchoge SpencerBikes + Music + Elections + New Get-out-the-Vote tech = 2020 Green New Deal TourOld friends, nascent allies, intrepid bandmates, freewheelin’ bike mechanics, prurient pedal power engineers, wireless geeks, GOTV…Dec 7, 20191Dec 7, 20191
Kipchoge SpencerWhen you lack the skills to build the thingIn the past few months I’ve realized this project is the hardest thing I’ve done. It’s the most time I’ve ever spent on something (about 5…May 6, 2019May 6, 2019
Kipchoge SpencerWhat Jeff Bezos hopes you never realize about quitting AmazonAmazon is amazing but solving the wrong problem. Actually, it’s even worse than that. Its solution is making an already existing problem…Jan 15, 2019Jan 15, 2019
Kipchoge Spencer10 High Leverage Ways to Impact the 2018 ElectionWind down the social media and wind up the action.Oct 22, 20181Oct 22, 20181
Kipchoge SpencerYou marched. Find five friends who didn’t.Somewhere between 3.2 and 5.2 million people took to the streets for the Women’s March last weekend in the largest mass demonstration in…Jan 29, 2017Jan 29, 2017
Kipchoge SpencerWhy I Quit Playing MusicWhen I stepped away from running Xtracycle in 2007 to pursue a dream of devoting my full attention to music and bike-riding to Mexico with…Oct 21, 2015Oct 21, 2015
Kipchoge SpencerThe High Cost of Freedom FriesIn France, you can’t buy farmland and build a house. Maybe that’s ok.May 3, 2015May 3, 2015
Kipchoge SpencerFrench people don’t flossI’m not saying it’s a conspiracy. But it might be. And I’m not saying it’s because lots of them have so much space between their teeth that…Apr 30, 2015Apr 30, 2015