Writing from Jerusalem during the war years.
“The Youth Are Not Alright” Give me a knifeAnd I will stabGive me a gunAnd I will shootMy way out of this painTaking fifty of theCockroachesWith me as IThrow my lifeOnto theBurning trash heapThat is my generation’sLot in this world:IntifadaPandemicGenocideWarI have lostSo many partsOf the self I wasPromisedStolen at gunpointLeft with nothingBut vibrating emptinessOpen wounds … Read more
I don’t know if I like or dislike Yuval and Rachel’s documentary. I haven’t seen it and, given my schedule, unfortunately I probably won’t have time. Therefore, I don’t actually know what message they are encoding: The IDF committed genocide in Gaza? The IDF used “collateral damage” to legitimize the unnecessary deaths of thousands of … Read more
“Collateral damage” is a moral monstrosity of a concept, And yet an army committing genocide doesn’t call its victims “collateral damage.”
I use AI all day every day. The leverage it gives me is astounding. The path from ideation to creation to implementation is shorter than it’s ever been in my life – and the ability to have parallel chains of tasks running on my desk while I take care of my daughters, manage my household, … Read more
“-Bellum: A Meditation on Thanotic Theater” The roar of the modern ageTears across my night skyThe mask has fallenThe reverberating backdrop of stitched soundsThe vibrations painted on stretched canvasAgainst which we played our rolesHave become the unfolding drama,Center stageThe scene speaks for itselfIn tones no human voice can takeWhen I began my linesI did not … Read more
We need to talk about what too many soldiers in the IDF are doing. But imho our brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, cousins and childhood friends, who go through the hell of war and put their lives on the line to defend us, because they love us and trust us, deserve … Read more
I use ChatGPT and Claude every day. Claude is better than ChatGPT – both are fascinating and powerful tools – but they both have serious, structural limitations. In its current incarnation, AI is like a very fast but very dumb research assistant with a peculiar set of cognitive biases (of which it’s perfectly aware when … Read more
I’m sharing the post below anonymously, not just out of respect for the author (though he posted it publicly) but because I believe that he speaks for countless others, from across the spectrum of Israeli life and opinion. If you need help – be a hero for those who love you and need you, and … Read more
(long but LIFE AFFIRMING 👍) This week we are supposed to celebrate Yom Haatsmaut. A national day of independence. A celebration of the achievement and the miracle that was the creation of this state, and what it means for the people of Israel who have marched down this road for millenia. A recognition of what … Read more
I’m hopeful. Yeah I’m watching the clock waiting for the missiles to start coming again – waiting for the big barrage of remaining missiles, recovered missiles, manufactured missiles, while we sit here like ducks in our unfit shelters and an interceptor stockpile that is nearly all gone – but for the first time in over … Read more