Essay Archive
A Revolution Evolution
Posted by Ari Halbkram in Essay On January 11, 2013
A recent run-in at a conference has me thinking about the natural progression of an idea, from inception, through evolution and if it's successful, eventual revolution. This is a good read if you're out there in the
This is not a Second Amendment Issue. This is a weapon of war.
Posted by Ari Halbkram in Essay On December 14, 2012
Those who are either full of words or just at a loss for them, regarding today's school shooting in Connecticut, MUST inject value in their emotions and take action.
I Stand With Barack Obama
Posted by Ari Halbkram in Essay On November 6, 2012
I stand with Barack Obama. This is why.
By Any Means Necessary
Posted by Ari Halbkram in Essay On August 31, 2012
As it's apparently become somewhat acceptable to tolerate a bit of moral ambiguity in the quest for a win, I couldnt imagine a worse example of the compromising of our morals than the blind acceptance of people
The Greater Fool
Posted by Ari Halbkram in Essay On August 27, 2012
I've spent a lot of mental time in the past few weeks thinking about my exhausted idealism, and it's time once again to light the fire.
Everything Happens Today
Posted by Ari Halbkram in Essay On May 23, 2012
On any given day, when traffic is bad or the wrong side of the bed feels like the only option, I try to focus on one unavoidable, unfathomable and unmistakeable truth: everything that happens to us as
There Is Water Underground
Posted by Ari Halbkram in Essay On April 30, 2012
They talk a lot about the unexamined life, but what happens when examination produces very few answers? This is the last post about writing I will ever create, and yet it's the first post about writing I've
Reject Cynicism
Posted by Ari Halbkram in Essay On February 13, 2012
Cynicism is intellectual and creative cancer. I propose that we all spend the rest of 2012 attempting a social experiment: with each and every idea that hits you - whether it's born in your own mind
Freedom IS Free
A thousand words on Internet culture and identity as it faces the Stop Privacy Online Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA).
Think Different
Posted by Ari Halbkram in Essay On October 5, 2011
Steve Jobs, who passed away today at 56, was my hero. A flawed man with impeccable vision, he leaves behind an inestimable legacy. A machine, like a man, is the sum of its parts - the hundreds,