I think a lot about language: how language affects how we approach problems, how our language effects how to try to solve problems, and how language often prevents us from actually solving those problems. Today’s nitpick: our lazy language around faults of “The System” is preventing us from seeing the…

"The speed of light is zero slowness." Which is to say: the “speed” of light is a misnomer on multiple fronts. It’s not a fixed speed, and we should know that already - just as much as we know that there’s no such thing as a true vacuum. What we…