PinnedRoland Tec·Feb 14, 2021Sounds We Can Never Un-hearRep. Jamie Raskin’s stirring description of that sound he will never forget — pounding on the chamber doors by the angry mob — echoes the…A response icon1A response icon1
Roland Tec·Feb 4, 2025What did the Righteous Christians of WWII Poland understand about life that we don’t?Not everyone under Nazi-occupation collaborated or retreated into a “make no waves” isolation. My mother believed that much could be…
Roland Tec·Nov 15, 2024Remaking Ourselves in Its ImageTethered to social media. What if we’re all slowly becoming just a little bit more like the online platforms and a little less human every…
Roland Tec·Jul 14, 2023The Awful Leveling of All Voices to Equal Weight is Either Going to Kill the Internet or Kill Us.Has Anyone in Publishing or Media Ever Asked Amazon to Consider Publishing Actual Quotes from Critics Alongside the Consumer-posted…
Roland Tec·Jun 9, 2023Miscommunication. Abrasive Talk. Flippant Behavior. Mistrust.We are living in interesting times.
Roland Tec·Jun 8, 2023A Thousand Cuts Death by Social Media (06–08–23)When We Ignore the Impulse to Post
Roland Tec·Jun 3, 2023A Thousand Cuts Death by Social Media (06–01–23)Beginning June 1, 2023 (and continuing with a new entry posted here each Thursday) I will be publishing a long and winding essay building…
Roland Tec·May 31, 2023On Thursday, I’ll be Launching a Mult-Part Series to Advocate for a Global Decoupling from Social…June 1, 2023 I will post the first in a series of short arguments for why we must free ourselves of the corrosive force that is social…
Roland Tec·May 31, 2023The Weight and Force of a Simple Black Book Given with LoveYou can never predict how your actions are going to impact the life of a person you love. Somebody once paused to notice that I was adrift…