Jeff Giesea
Politics, culture, and technology from someone who was in the machine and got out.
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I was wrong about lived experience
Breezing Up (A Fair Wind), by Winslow Homer, 1876
For fifteen years, I’ve winced every time I heard the words “lived experience.” Someone would say, “As a person who’s [insert identity], I can tell you,” and the room would go quiet. Their...
Shut up and build the future you want to live in
Dart Board, by Evan Walters (1942)
You can just do things, they say. So why whine?
I know, I know. Talking about agency is very 2025. Still, it’s not consistent to believe we’re living in an age of agency and also that we’re powerless to...
The last email I'll ever send my father
The Return of the Prodigal Son, by Rembrandt (1661)
On Tuesday morning, I took a breath, registered the thumping ache at my temples, and hit send on the last message I will ever send my father. I am done. This is the final message you will...
Some things are worth the friction
Evening fishing. Wet, dirty, and unoptimized.
We’re spending August at our cabin, attempting a free-range “90s summer” with our 9 year-old son. Nearly every evening at dusk, he goes fishing with a boy down the street. They play in the rive...
The tyranny of the gerontocracy
Saturn devouring his son, by Francisco Goya (1821-23)
In early July, I was watching a World Cup game when I received an email from the Social Security Administration celebrating America’s 250th birthday. Mostly, it celebrated President Don...
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Dad. Entrepreneur. Gay, center-right, exiled from MAGA. I write about the stuff that doesn’t fit in a tweet — politics, tech, belonging, getting older. Founded the Boyd Institute. \ud83c\udf34
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