Essays

Words Change Things

On the consequences of our ways of seeing and telling

Apr 28 • Dougald Hine

An Outlandish Generosity

On Martin Shaw's Mythteller Trilogy

Feb 10 • Dougald Hine

The Other Shore of the Nile

Ivan Illich & the possibility of Exodus in a technogenic world

Sep 19, 2025 • Dougald Hine

Spelling It Out

The three languages you need to bring a project to life

Jul 31, 2025 • Dougald Hine

Remember the Future?

On timeliness, desire and improvisation

May 22, 2025 • Dougald Hine

How to Kidnap an Audience

On breaking the spell of our training as consumers

Apr 11, 2025 • Dougald Hine

The Wild Chatbot

How the author of Hospicing Modernity is out to flip the world of AI

Feb 7, 2025 • Dougald Hine

Stirring the Pot

A story about learning to go on stage without a script

Oct 17, 2024 • Dougald Hine

Ways of Seeing Ruins

America Through the Cracks: Part II

Oct 3, 2024 • Dougald Hine

The Ivan Illich Memorial Bathroom

America Through the Cracks: Part I

Sep 19, 2024 • Dougald Hine

The Kindness of Strangers

On saints, alcoholics and drivers who give you a lift

Jun 14, 2024 • Dougald Hine

Cheese is Good to Think With

The Camembert crisis and the work of regrowing a living culture

Apr 25, 2024 • Dougald Hine

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