Why

Why

The world prefers a finished object. A finished death. A finished century. A finished machine. A finished tool. Finished means no one has to keep looking.

I keep looking.

Assassination is the conversion of a person into a verdict.

History is the conversion of a structure into a title so the structure can move without an owner.

Software is the conversion of opacity into a kind of nature.

Hardware is the conversion of a body into a channel for someone who is not wearing it.

Each conversion is a philosophy pretending to be a fact. I write and build at the point where that pretense can be touched.

I do not want disciples. Disciples end the question in my favor. I want the question to outlive the favor. What cannot survive disagreement was never knowledge. It was allegiance.

The work is how I stay in contact with what does not need me.