Lawrence Wilkinson
@lhwilkinson.bsky.social
Serial entrepreneur, turned advisor/investor, mostly to not-for-profit and social ventures
What's become of "the foodie" and what it would mean to take taste serously again: "Who Was the Foodie?" @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social @yalereview.bsky.social
(Plus- the first [official] Thanksgiving)
Contemplating comestibles: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/26/f...
(Plus- the first [official] Thanksgiving)
Contemplating comestibles: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/26/f...
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
What's become of "the foodie" and what it would mean to take taste serously again: "Who Was the Foodie?" @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social @yalereview.bsky.social
(Plus- the first [official] Thanksgiving)
Contemplating comestibles: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/26/f...
(Plus- the first [official] Thanksgiving)
Contemplating comestibles: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/26/f...
What Las Vegas can tell us about ourselves: "Mourning and Melancholia in Las Vegas" @hedgehogreview.bsky.social @lukewinkie.bsky.social @slate.com
(Plus- The Aladdin)
Checking the odds: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/25/l...
(Plus- The Aladdin)
Checking the odds: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/25/l...
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
What Las Vegas can tell us about ourselves: "Mourning and Melancholia in Las Vegas" @hedgehogreview.bsky.social @lukewinkie.bsky.social @slate.com
(Plus- The Aladdin)
Checking the odds: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/25/l...
(Plus- The Aladdin)
Checking the odds: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/25/l...
What biology can teach us about the body politic: "The Sovereign Individual Does Not Exist" @nilsgilman.bsky.social
(Plus- The Origin of the Species)
Incorporating the interconnected: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/24/n...
(Plus- The Origin of the Species)
Incorporating the interconnected: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/24/n...
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
What biology can teach us about the body politic: "The Sovereign Individual Does Not Exist" @nilsgilman.bsky.social
(Plus- The Origin of the Species)
Incorporating the interconnected: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/24/n...
(Plus- The Origin of the Species)
Incorporating the interconnected: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/24/n...
On different religions as "alternative technologies of the divine" Kwame Anthony Appiah via @ayjay.bsky.social (Plus- My Sweet Lord)
The ecumenical embrace: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/23/a...
The ecumenical embrace: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/23/a...
November 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
On different religions as "alternative technologies of the divine" Kwame Anthony Appiah via @ayjay.bsky.social (Plus- My Sweet Lord)
The ecumenical embrace: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/23/a...
The ecumenical embrace: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/23/a...
Arthur Goldhammer on this moment, in which (for many of us, anyway) even as we strive to stave off despair, hope is hard to find: "Perseverance in Despair"
(Plus- Max Headroom intrudes)
Keep on: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/22/i...
(Plus- Max Headroom intrudes)
Keep on: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/22/i...
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Arthur Goldhammer on this moment, in which (for many of us, anyway) even as we strive to stave off despair, hope is hard to find: "Perseverance in Despair"
(Plus- Max Headroom intrudes)
Keep on: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/22/i...
(Plus- Max Headroom intrudes)
Keep on: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/22/i...
The Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures and Words
(Plus- Hieronymous Theodor Richter)
Tangle with taxonomy: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/21/e...
#culture #elements #hieronymoustheodorrichter #history #indium #periodictable #periodictableofelements #richter #science #technology
(Plus- Hieronymous Theodor Richter)
Tangle with taxonomy: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/21/e...
#culture #elements #hieronymoustheodorrichter #history #indium #periodictable #periodictableofelements #richter #science #technology
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures and Words
(Plus- Hieronymous Theodor Richter)
Tangle with taxonomy: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/21/e...
#culture #elements #hieronymoustheodorrichter #history #indium #periodictable #periodictableofelements #richter #science #technology
(Plus- Hieronymous Theodor Richter)
Tangle with taxonomy: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/21/e...
#culture #elements #hieronymoustheodorrichter #history #indium #periodictable #periodictableofelements #richter #science #technology
Sam Altman says the one-person billion-dollar company is coming. @evrat.bsky.social tried to build one. "All of My Employees Are AI Agents, and So Are My Executives" @wired.com via @caitlindewey.bsky.social
(Plus- Lysenko)
Analyzing autonomy: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/20/t...
(Plus- Lysenko)
Analyzing autonomy: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/20/t...
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Sam Altman says the one-person billion-dollar company is coming. @evrat.bsky.social tried to build one. "All of My Employees Are AI Agents, and So Are My Executives" @wired.com via @caitlindewey.bsky.social
(Plus- Lysenko)
Analyzing autonomy: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/20/t...
(Plus- Lysenko)
Analyzing autonomy: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/20/t...
An early 20th-century movement in France that prefigured much of what we now celebrate in speculative fiction: "Merveilleux-scientifique" @aeon.co
(Plus- magic lanterns)
Speculate: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/19/e...
(Plus- magic lanterns)
Speculate: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/19/e...
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
An early 20th-century movement in France that prefigured much of what we now celebrate in speculative fiction: "Merveilleux-scientifique" @aeon.co
(Plus- magic lanterns)
Speculate: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/19/e...
(Plus- magic lanterns)
Speculate: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/19/e...
Is AI birthing a new art form, a new medium? "From Cinema To The Noematograph" @kyliu99.bsky.social @nilsgilman.bsky.social @futurologypod.bsky.social
(Plus- Ben Hur)
Stressing the subjective: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/18/t...
(Plus- Ben Hur)
Stressing the subjective: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/18/t...
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Is AI birthing a new art form, a new medium? "From Cinema To The Noematograph" @kyliu99.bsky.social @nilsgilman.bsky.social @futurologypod.bsky.social
(Plus- Ben Hur)
Stressing the subjective: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/18/t...
(Plus- Ben Hur)
Stressing the subjective: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/18/t...
Climate is too complex to model accurately. Instead, we must use uncertainty to our advantage: "The model of catastrophe" @aeon.co
(Plus- Möbius)
Preferencing plausibility (over predictability): roughlydaily.com/2025/11/17/i...
(Plus- Möbius)
Preferencing plausibility (over predictability): roughlydaily.com/2025/11/17/i...
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Climate is too complex to model accurately. Instead, we must use uncertainty to our advantage: "The model of catastrophe" @aeon.co
(Plus- Möbius)
Preferencing plausibility (over predictability): roughlydaily.com/2025/11/17/i...
(Plus- Möbius)
Preferencing plausibility (over predictability): roughlydaily.com/2025/11/17/i...
"Choosing the Word of the Year is No Easy Feat"- the history of who and how, @stefanfatsis.bsky.social @literaryhub.bsky.social
(Plus- “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”)
Understanding usage: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/16/w...
(Plus- “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”)
Understanding usage: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/16/w...
November 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"Choosing the Word of the Year is No Easy Feat"- the history of who and how, @stefanfatsis.bsky.social @literaryhub.bsky.social
(Plus- “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”)
Understanding usage: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/16/w...
(Plus- “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”)
Understanding usage: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/16/w...
When old ways are best, hay baling edition: "Why Don’t You Beaverslide?" @katiehillwriter.bsky.social
(Plus- Country Life)
TotH to tradition: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/15/m...
(Plus- Country Life)
TotH to tradition: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/15/m...
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
When old ways are best, hay baling edition: "Why Don’t You Beaverslide?" @katiehillwriter.bsky.social
(Plus- Country Life)
TotH to tradition: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/15/m...
(Plus- Country Life)
TotH to tradition: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/15/m...
When language fails: "What Is The Ozma Problem, And Why Does It Matter?"
(Plus- the "Light Gate")
Exploring explanation: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/14/s...
(Plus- the "Light Gate")
Exploring explanation: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/14/s...
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
When language fails: "What Is The Ozma Problem, And Why Does It Matter?"
(Plus- the "Light Gate")
Exploring explanation: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/14/s...
(Plus- the "Light Gate")
Exploring explanation: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/14/s...
The end of civilization? A sobering assessment of "The dawn of the post-literate society" from @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social
(Plus- George Grenville)
Buckle up: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/13/w...
(Plus- George Grenville)
Buckle up: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/13/w...
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The end of civilization? A sobering assessment of "The dawn of the post-literate society" from @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social
(Plus- George Grenville)
Buckle up: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/13/w...
(Plus- George Grenville)
Buckle up: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/13/w...
On inequality in income and wealth: "Homoploutia: Top Labor and Capital Incomes in the United States, 1950–2020" @stone-lis.bsky.social
(Plus- the exploding whale incident)
Evaluating equity: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/12/a...
(Plus- the exploding whale incident)
Evaluating equity: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/12/a...
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
On inequality in income and wealth: "Homoploutia: Top Labor and Capital Incomes in the United States, 1950–2020" @stone-lis.bsky.social
(Plus- the exploding whale incident)
Evaluating equity: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/12/a...
(Plus- the exploding whale incident)
Evaluating equity: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/12/a...
A beautiful new way to enjoy (and learn from) a classic: John Berger's "Ways of Seeing"
Pondering perspective: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/11/s...
Pondering perspective: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/11/s...
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A beautiful new way to enjoy (and learn from) a classic: John Berger's "Ways of Seeing"
Pondering perspective: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/11/s...
Pondering perspective: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/11/s...
The striking changes underway in the financial sector: “What Wall Street’s obsession with ‘capital solutions’ tells us,” from @semafor.com
(Plus- International Accounting Day)
Back to basics: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/10/r...
(Plus- International Accounting Day)
Back to basics: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/10/r...
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The striking changes underway in the financial sector: “What Wall Street’s obsession with ‘capital solutions’ tells us,” from @semafor.com
(Plus- International Accounting Day)
Back to basics: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/10/r...
(Plus- International Accounting Day)
Back to basics: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/10/r...
On the challenge of keeping our language-- our words and our use of them-- up to the task of wrestling with our present and our future: Robin Sloan and Quentin Hardy
(Plus- Louie, Louie)
Pondering pondering: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/09/w...
(Plus- Louie, Louie)
Pondering pondering: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/09/w...
November 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
On the challenge of keeping our language-- our words and our use of them-- up to the task of wrestling with our present and our future: Robin Sloan and Quentin Hardy
(Plus- Louie, Louie)
Pondering pondering: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/09/w...
(Plus- Louie, Louie)
Pondering pondering: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/09/w...
On the foundation for modern geometry and physics: "What Is a Manifold?" @quantamagazine.bsky.social
(plus- John Wallis)
Getting down with geometry: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/08/i...
(plus- John Wallis)
Getting down with geometry: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/08/i...
November 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
On the foundation for modern geometry and physics: "What Is a Manifold?" @quantamagazine.bsky.social
(plus- John Wallis)
Getting down with geometry: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/08/i...
(plus- John Wallis)
Getting down with geometry: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/08/i...
The stunning interiors of rare musical instruments @charlesbrooks.bsky.social @boingboing.net
(Plus- Sax and Sousa)
Cherishing craftsmanship: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/06/i...
(Plus- Sax and Sousa)
Cherishing craftsmanship: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/06/i...
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The stunning interiors of rare musical instruments @charlesbrooks.bsky.social @boingboing.net
(Plus- Sax and Sousa)
Cherishing craftsmanship: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/06/i...
(Plus- Sax and Sousa)
Cherishing craftsmanship: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/06/i...
On the conditions of liberty: "What is civil society, and why should we care?" @himself.bsky.social (with @noahpinion.blog.web.brid.gy)
(Plus- Guy Fawkes)
In praise of plurality: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/05/n...
(Plus- Guy Fawkes)
In praise of plurality: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/05/n...
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
On the conditions of liberty: "What is civil society, and why should we care?" @himself.bsky.social (with @noahpinion.blog.web.brid.gy)
(Plus- Guy Fawkes)
In praise of plurality: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/05/n...
(Plus- Guy Fawkes)
In praise of plurality: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/05/n...
For scientists of yore anything—from mermaids to alchemy—was on the table: "How the Occult Gave Birth to Science" @dalequark.bsky.social @nautil.us
(Plus- Rasmus Bartholin)
Thinking about transmutation: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/04/a...
(Plus- Rasmus Bartholin)
Thinking about transmutation: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/04/a...
November 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
For scientists of yore anything—from mermaids to alchemy—was on the table: "How the Occult Gave Birth to Science" @dalequark.bsky.social @nautil.us
(Plus- Rasmus Bartholin)
Thinking about transmutation: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/04/a...
(Plus- Rasmus Bartholin)
Thinking about transmutation: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/04/a...
On Silicon Valley's search for Lebensraum in the Lone Star State: "The Texan Ideology" @thebaffler.com
(Plus- Stephen F. Austin)
Mess with Texas: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/03/i...
(Plus- Stephen F. Austin)
Mess with Texas: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/03/i...
November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
On Silicon Valley's search for Lebensraum in the Lone Star State: "The Texan Ideology" @thebaffler.com
(Plus- Stephen F. Austin)
Mess with Texas: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/03/i...
(Plus- Stephen F. Austin)
Mess with Texas: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/03/i...
"Kind of like the film world’s one intellectual"- the remarkable Walter Murch: "Every Blink" @lrb.co.uk
(Plus- Hal Roach)
Juxtapose: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/02/i...
(Plus- Hal Roach)
Juxtapose: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/02/i...
November 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"Kind of like the film world’s one intellectual"- the remarkable Walter Murch: "Every Blink" @lrb.co.uk
(Plus- Hal Roach)
Juxtapose: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/02/i...
(Plus- Hal Roach)
Juxtapose: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/02/i...
Since 1870, 1/5 of the economy transforms every few decades. Now, increasingly, companies are turning into banks; and banks (and others), into casinos. @delong.social @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social @tedgioia.bsky.social @kyla.bsky.social (Plus- Poker)
Just say no: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/01/f...
Just say no: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/01/f...
November 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Since 1870, 1/5 of the economy transforms every few decades. Now, increasingly, companies are turning into banks; and banks (and others), into casinos. @delong.social @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social @tedgioia.bsky.social @kyla.bsky.social (Plus- Poker)
Just say no: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/01/f...
Just say no: roughlydaily.com/2025/11/01/f...