Writing

I Write Regularly at my Substack, and Occasionally Guest at Other Publications

The Wheels Keel Turning — and the anti-mimetic breaks are breaking.

Rescued from the confusion and indistinction of faceless crowds

The French social theorist René Girard, born in 1923, is not quite yet a household name, but his work does

With school-choice initiatives proliferating, students struggling to make up for lost Covid time, and Americans pessimistic about the direction of

From career choices to new purchases, use René Girard’s mimetic theory to resist the herd and forge your own path

What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem—and what do either have to do with Silicon Valley? NASA can land a

What is Mimetic Desire? Nearly everyone (unconsciously) assumes there’s a straight line between them and the things they want. >>

I reached out to Liana Finck during the early, dark days of the pandemic in April 2020. My fiancé, Claire,

Keep up to date with what I’m thinking and writing about. I publish to Substack on a weekly basis.