Welcome to the jungle
I decided to start this Substack way back in June of 2024, which seems like an age ago but — weirdly enough — was actually this year. I’d been writing about technology since 2015, in a shift away from a sales and marketing career that spanned a quarter of a century but was no longer satisfying or viable in the long run. But technology writing has fallen off a cliff in terms of doing quality work while making an actual living, so this Substack represents my next step.
But here it is, December 10, and I’m just now writing my first post. What the hell happened?
You might be able to guess what happened. The election happened, but not just any election, this election. That’s not to say that other electoral cycles haven’t also been pretty significant. It’s just that for several years, personal and health circumstances kept me out of the loop of both the political and the philosophical progressions of our culture.
It was, in short, like trying to drink from a firehose.
Now, I think I’ve arrived at a place where I can start posting, hopefully intelligently. I have several ideas that I want to write about, none of which have been easy to identify and each of which will be equally difficult to communicate. A few will be controversial, particularly to some who share certain aspects of my philosophy.
But the aphorism applies: perfect is the enemy of the good. While this Substack isn’t just a vanity project and I’m hoping that it will generate sufficient income to make it into a career, I need to get started at some point. And now is as good a time as any.
What will I be writing about? A lot of things. Politics, philosophy, culture, even technology when it’s not just technical (I’m starting a different Substack for that, but it’s not active yet). I hope that people find this place worth visiting and, ultimately, the content worth paying real money to access.
You’ll let me know that I’m succeeding with your paid subscriptions. Hopefully, you’ll let me know how I’m failing if you choose not to sign up.