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…Jul 21, 2022Jul 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…Jul 17, 2022Jul 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.Jul 12, 2022Jul 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…Jul 7, 2022Jul 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…Jul 2, 2022Jul 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…Jul 1, 2022Jul 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…Jun 20, 2022Jun 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…Mar 23, 20171Mar 23, 20171
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…Mar 21, 2017Mar 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…Mar 21, 2017Mar 21, 2017
