Nathanael BassettOn EatingFood is a funny thing. Like so many other needs we have, too much of it will kill you, but too little of it will kill you. The right kinds…4 min read·Jul 21, 2022----
Nathanael BassettCharnel HousesIt was an uncharacteristically hot summer in Connecticut about ten years ago, and I was meeting friends for work at a coffee shop. As I…5 min read·Jul 17, 2022----
Nathanael BassettDeath PoemsI have always appreciated the notion of the death poem, ever since hearing of them in James Clavell’s novel Shogun.5 min read·Jul 12, 2022----
Nathanael BassettWhat Almost WasShortly after I was born, my parent’s house burned in a fire. None of us were in it as far as I know. Although we lived in two other…4 min read·Jul 7, 2022----
Nathanael BassettAccepting My Big Fat Academic FailureThe wood was slippery and wet from high tide. We climbed down the ramshackle ladder onto the dock in the Bay of Fundy for a fishing trip on…5 min read·Jul 2, 2022----
Nathanael BassettStrange MemoriesDown a small road in the back suburbs of Milford, Connecticut is a place called Eisenhower Park. Today there is a dog park, a bridge over…2 min read·Jul 1, 2022----
Nathanael BassettDreaming of Things“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation” — Oscar…3 min read·Jun 20, 2022----
Nathanael BassettDisconnectionWhat is it to be disconnected, at a time when we praise connectivity? Is it a reactionary type of isolationism? Is it a regressive…12 min read·Mar 23, 2017--1--1
Nathanael BassettDefining Technology: ClarificationsMy previous attempt to define technology as the means of effecting strata and the command of environments was to give a rudimentary…8 min read·Mar 21, 2017----
Nathanael BassettWho’s Afraid of Technological Determinism?In my last post, I attempted to provide a definition of technology that laid a framework for what I think are necessary future work in…10 min read·Mar 21, 2017----