Archive - The Sapiens Project

Mothers' Day 2024

An update and reflection on the debut of one tiny Sapiens

May 13 •

January 2024

Meditations on the eve of childbirth

Reflections on pregnancy, culture and current events

Jan 29 •

April 2023

Death and the City

Tax Day is upon us, and two things in life are certain

Apr 18, 2023 •

March 2023

New article in Bloomberg CityLab

One-year follow-up on US-Ukrainian sister cities

Mar 30, 2023 •

December 2022

Reflections at the close of 2022

Life happened...

Dec 30, 2022 •

July 2022

New article in STRIVE Magazine

Talking about questions, and why they're as important as answers

Jul 25, 2022 •

Packing boxes to the Fall of Civilizations podcast

This post has been delayed due to moving. Packing all one's belongings into boxes is a revealing exercise. I'm almost finished with Monica Smith's book…

Jul 20, 2022 •

On the assassination of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe

And looking ahead to Sunday's Upper House elections

Jul 8, 2022 •

Revolution, fast and slow

The Sapiens Project was born out of research I conducted in Japan in 2020 and part of 2021. I was there to study how local governments are responding to…

Jul 4, 2022 •

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