The Nomadic Blog

What do you think—are literate people only becoming more valuable, or are they trying to justify their own interests? Trying to slap away a tidal wave that is coming for all of us? What would you encourage a confused teenager to study right now—how would you promote literacy in their…

Learn the posted definitions of “typographical culture,” “entertainment culture,” and “the medium is the message,” and use them to help you define our final term—what kind of “culture” are we moving into in the Age of AI?

In this latest installment, we look at three rules of thumb I like to follow in my media consumption, and a few quick recommendations for good long-form media: 1) If it came via short-form—video clip, social media post, tweet, etc.—be skeptical, look deeper; 2) If I don’t know much about…

In this latest installment, we take a look in the mirror to discuss epistemic humility: a fancy way of saying that someone is not self-righteous, not dogmatic, not dismissive, not rigid, but instead knows they could be wrong, stays open to new evidence and better arguments, and holds their beliefs…

“Journalism” is not some universal and unchanging ideal, sometimes reverently called “the 4th estate” because it theoretically sits outside the three branches of government in order to hold them accountable. But in fact there are many “journalisms,” and “the media” in which they work has come to us through many…