Mike Viola3 Types of Learning with Extra Time at HomeNearly a year into spending more time at home, you can still use learning to engage with your pre-COVID interests and post-COVID plans.4 min read·Feb 16, 2021----
Mike ViolaCancel Culture Is by, and for, the Very OnlineI recently watched a botched cancellation attempt in Chicago. It told me quite a bit about the cancellers.4 min read·Feb 6, 2021----
Mike ViolaThoughts on travel during COVID.I sat through the first week of December as 2020 slipped away with little to remember fondly of it. Christmas was approaching, and I had…3 min read·Jan 12, 2021----
Mike ViolaThe Dopamine QuarantineCOVID restrictions have pushed us into getting our social fix through platforms like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. And boy do they also…2 min read·Dec 11, 2020----
Mike ViolaWhere is the public square in the age of COVID?Lockdowns are coming back, and politicians are granting exemptions to their friends but not their struggling subjects. We know the impact…3 min read·Dec 6, 2020----
Mike ViolaInability to deal with uncertainty poisons our politics.How not coping with the unknown leads to poor political judgements.3 min read·Nov 23, 2020----
Mike ViolaElectoral College > Popular VoteI’ve spent a lot of time recently thinking about how great the Electoral College is-or, rather, how great a small-R republican alternative…3 min read·Nov 20, 2020----
Mike ViolaDepend on Big Tech at your own professional peril.Here’s a little experience from this week that made me move some eggs out of the high-tech basket.2 min read·Sep 9, 2020----