Scratch is a column that celebrates human agency in a culture awash in cheap consumer goods and A.I. It's about creating — instead of buying or simply accepting — the stuff, nature, and purpose of our lives. It's about what we make that makes us human.
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Henry David’s Hot Takes
For a couple of years (1845–47) when he was a young man, Henry David Thoreau lived by Walden Pond, in a little house he built on his friend Ralph Waldo Emerson’s land. Then he wrote a book about it. Reading Walden is like taking a long hike...
Get off the Damn Track
Illustration by Rose Robinson.
The rule in the dining hall at the Mountain School is that each seat at a table must be filled before you can sit down at an empty one.
Think about that for a minute — and think about the last time you stood...
Stop Sending Me Slop
Illustration by Rose Robinson.
My daughter’s college sends me a regular email with campus news: who’s received what prizes, what building was reopened after refurbishing, what wisdom was dispensed by this year’s commencement speaker.
I do...
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