Original Essays

Scrolls

Immersive reading experiences where ideas fade into focus. Each scroll is a meditation on modern life and timeless truths.

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We write not to inform, but to transform. Each scroll invites you to slow down, to let the words emerge from the silence, and to consider how we might live more deliberately in an age of infinite distraction.

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The Screen

The Screen

by Galateo

Us men of the second millennium have a new God. We reserve the greatest room in our house for his Temple. We mount the largest screen we have above the altar.

15 min
The Parlor

The Parlor

by Galateo

We used to have a parlor, from the French parler meaning "to speak." The room was centered on conversation. The chairs and couches faced inward.

7 min
Digital Sanity

Digital Sanity

by Galateo

We know iPads are too entertaining for children. So we quickly make rules regarding their use. We're slower to admit that our digital devices are too addicting for us.

12 min
Our False God

Our False God

by Galateo

Many still say they are Christian. But I've never met one who reads the Holy Book for half as much time as they watch the Holy Screen.

10 min
Reading is Dying

Reading is Dying

by Galateo

We used to be the most literate society on earth. Now, reclining in our couches, scrolling on our phones, we lament the declining character of our public figures.

8 min
The Scroll

The Scroll

by Galateo

An introduction to the scroll format. Why we read this way and how it changes the experience of engaging with ideas.

5 min
Making the Memex

Making the Memex

by Frazier Thomas

We live with more information in our pockets than any scholar of the last five centuries could have dreamed. And yet, strangely, we know less.

6 min
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.
Sun Tzu