Stowe Boyd
@stoweboyd.bsky.social
Work anthropologist, researcher, analyst, writer.
www.workfutures.io.
@index@stoweboyd.io
The economics and ecology of work, in a time of accelerating uncertainty in our lives, society, and business.
Work touches everything.
www.workfutures.io.
@index@stoweboyd.io
The economics and ecology of work, in a time of accelerating uncertainty in our lives, society, and business.
Work touches everything.
Anand Giridharadas | 'The clubby deal-making and moral racketeering of the Epstein class is now the United States’ governing philosophy.'
After reading this I wanted to take a shower.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
After reading this I wanted to take a shower.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Anand Giridharadas | 'The clubby deal-making and moral racketeering of the Epstein class is now the United States’ governing philosophy.'
After reading this I wanted to take a shower.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
After reading this I wanted to take a shower.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Word of the Day: Coverture
When a woman's rights were subsumed by those of her husband.
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When a woman's rights were subsumed by those of her husband.
www.stoweboyd.io/p/word-of-th...
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Word of the Day: Coverture
When a woman's rights were subsumed by those of her husband.
www.stoweboyd.io/p/word-of-th...
When a woman's rights were subsumed by those of her husband.
www.stoweboyd.io/p/word-of-th...
Wendy Edelberg | 'The immigrants who aren’t here because of Mr. Trump’s policies not only aren’t working here; they’re also not spending money here.'
Anti-immigration policy is backfiring.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Anti-immigration policy is backfiring.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Wendy Edelberg | 'The immigrants who aren’t here because of Mr. Trump’s policies not only aren’t working here; they’re also not spending money here.'
Anti-immigration policy is backfiring.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Anti-immigration policy is backfiring.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
The Enclosure Of Work
Today’s corporate gentry seeks to enclose work itself, to displace all employees, and to clear the offices and factories, except for robots and AI, and a handful of owners and engineers to keep the machinery going.
www.workfutures.io/i/176929227/...
Today’s corporate gentry seeks to enclose work itself, to displace all employees, and to clear the offices and factories, except for robots and AI, and a handful of owners and engineers to keep the machinery going.
www.workfutures.io/i/176929227/...
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The Enclosure Of Work
Today’s corporate gentry seeks to enclose work itself, to displace all employees, and to clear the offices and factories, except for robots and AI, and a handful of owners and engineers to keep the machinery going.
www.workfutures.io/i/176929227/...
Today’s corporate gentry seeks to enclose work itself, to displace all employees, and to clear the offices and factories, except for robots and AI, and a handful of owners and engineers to keep the machinery going.
www.workfutures.io/i/176929227/...
September 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Elizabeth Warren was my choice when she ran. tmblr.co/ZHrZFyi9rKoH...
September 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Elizabeth Warren was my choice when she ran. tmblr.co/ZHrZFyi9rKoH...
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing | 'Like a giant bulldozer, capitalism appears to flatten the earth to its specifications.'
stoweboyd.io/post/7953919...
stoweboyd.io/post/7953919...
September 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing | 'Like a giant bulldozer, capitalism appears to flatten the earth to its specifications.'
stoweboyd.io/post/7953919...
stoweboyd.io/post/7953919...
Adam Kushner | 'The emergency, in Trump’s hands, isn’t just a legal declaration. It’s a philosophy of governing.'
Exploiting the loophole in democratic governance. 'In a climate of emergency, it seems, anything is possible.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/b...
Exploiting the loophole in democratic governance. 'In a climate of emergency, it seems, anything is possible.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/b...
September 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Adam Kushner | 'The emergency, in Trump’s hands, isn’t just a legal declaration. It’s a philosophy of governing.'
Exploiting the loophole in democratic governance. 'In a climate of emergency, it seems, anything is possible.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/b...
Exploiting the loophole in democratic governance. 'In a climate of emergency, it seems, anything is possible.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/b...
Trump just makes it all up. Murders in US Cities 1960 -2025
September 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Trump just makes it all up. Murders in US Cities 1960 -2025
Let R be the set of all sets that are not members of themselves: The Russell Set.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell...
September 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Let R be the set of all sets that are not members of themselves: The Russell Set.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell...
What the System Depends On
Charles Yu | The End of the System | Factoids
Working your way up the system doesn’t mean you beat the system. It strengthens it. It’s what the system depends on.
| Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
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Charles Yu | The End of the System | Factoids
Working your way up the system doesn’t mean you beat the system. It strengthens it. It’s what the system depends on.
| Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
www.workfutures.io/p/what-the-s...
September 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
What the System Depends On
Charles Yu | The End of the System | Factoids
Working your way up the system doesn’t mean you beat the system. It strengthens it. It’s what the system depends on.
| Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
www.workfutures.io/p/what-the-s...
Charles Yu | The End of the System | Factoids
Working your way up the system doesn’t mean you beat the system. It strengthens it. It’s what the system depends on.
| Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
www.workfutures.io/p/what-the-s...
Apparently, I am a sucker for Genre/83 on Netflix.
August 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Apparently, I am a sucker for Genre/83 on Netflix.
What Comes Next
Charles Finch | The Big Freeze | You Need To Play More | Factoids: Fertility, Follow-ons To Plants Closing
What comes next may be better, or it may be worse. But it won’t be this. | Charles Finch
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Charles Finch | The Big Freeze | You Need To Play More | Factoids: Fertility, Follow-ons To Plants Closing
What comes next may be better, or it may be worse. But it won’t be this. | Charles Finch
www.workfutures.io/p/what-comes...
August 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
What Comes Next
Charles Finch | The Big Freeze | You Need To Play More | Factoids: Fertility, Follow-ons To Plants Closing
What comes next may be better, or it may be worse. But it won’t be this. | Charles Finch
www.workfutures.io/p/what-comes...
Charles Finch | The Big Freeze | You Need To Play More | Factoids: Fertility, Follow-ons To Plants Closing
What comes next may be better, or it may be worse. But it won’t be this. | Charles Finch
www.workfutures.io/p/what-comes...
M. Gessen | 'The United States and NATO have always had the capacity to put an end to this war the only way it can be ended: by defeating Putin.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
August 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
M. Gessen | 'The United States and NATO have always had the capacity to put an end to this war the only way it can be ended: by defeating Putin.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...
July 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Kathryn Edwards | 'If you were to take all of Trump’s economic policies and line them up, […] the number one ailment that the economy faces right now is uncertainty.'
newrepublic.com/article/1980...
newrepublic.com/article/1980...
July 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Kathryn Edwards | 'If you were to take all of Trump’s economic policies and line them up, […] the number one ailment that the economy faces right now is uncertainty.'
newrepublic.com/article/1980...
newrepublic.com/article/1980...
Mara Gay | 'Cuomo thought he could coast to victory on name recognition and TV ads. He lost even after enormous sums of money were poured into the race on his behalf by big donors, including former Mayor Michael Bloomberg.'
Clinton, Clyburn not draw for young NYers
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
Clinton, Clyburn not draw for young NYers
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
June 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Mara Gay | 'Cuomo thought he could coast to victory on name recognition and TV ads. He lost even after enormous sums of money were poured into the race on his behalf by big donors, including former Mayor Michael Bloomberg.'
Clinton, Clyburn not draw for young NYers
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
Clinton, Clyburn not draw for young NYers
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
Podhorzer | 'In nine of the last 10, and 11 of the last 13 [presidential] elections, the party in power has lost, a pattern with no historical precedent. At the presidential level, three consecutive party switches have happened only once, more than a century ago.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...
June 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Podhorzer | 'In nine of the last 10, and 11 of the last 13 [presidential] elections, the party in power has lost, a pattern with no historical precedent. At the presidential level, three consecutive party switches have happened only once, more than a century ago.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...
Lilies line my front sidewalk.
June 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Lilies line my front sidewalk.
u have been kidnapped and a character from the last tv show u watched is trying to rescue u who is coming to save u
June 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
u have been kidnapped and a character from the last tv show u watched is trying to rescue u who is coming to save u
Someone, somewhere, is writing a movie script for a US civil war led by a pro-democracy underground using Spider Web drones and tactics against an authoritarian federal government, and winning.
See archive.is/IjJ8D
See archive.is/IjJ8D
June 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Someone, somewhere, is writing a movie script for a US civil war led by a pro-democracy underground using Spider Web drones and tactics against an authoritarian federal government, and winning.
See archive.is/IjJ8D
See archive.is/IjJ8D
What Are People For?
The central question of 2025 will be: What are people for in a world that does not need their labor, and where only a minority are needed to guide the 'bot-based economy? | Stowe Boyd (2014)
www.workfutures.io/p/what-are-p...
The central question of 2025 will be: What are people for in a world that does not need their labor, and where only a minority are needed to guide the 'bot-based economy? | Stowe Boyd (2014)
www.workfutures.io/p/what-are-p...
May 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What Are People For?
The central question of 2025 will be: What are people for in a world that does not need their labor, and where only a minority are needed to guide the 'bot-based economy? | Stowe Boyd (2014)
www.workfutures.io/p/what-are-p...
The central question of 2025 will be: What are people for in a world that does not need their labor, and where only a minority are needed to guide the 'bot-based economy? | Stowe Boyd (2014)
www.workfutures.io/p/what-are-p...
Bill Kristol | 'How is it possible that a party that has done pretty well in its management of the economy over the past three decades—and that has objectively done better than the other party on this front—gets no political benefit?'
Bad marketing.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-big...
Bad marketing.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-big...
May 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Bill Kristol | 'How is it possible that a party that has done pretty well in its management of the economy over the past three decades—and that has objectively done better than the other party on this front—gets no political benefit?'
Bad marketing.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-big...
Bad marketing.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-big...
Tressie McMillan Cottom | 'Every interloper from outside the Nashville machine who flocks to the genre has to choose which version of country music they will embody: reactionary whiteness or reparative multiracialism.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/o...
May 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Tressie McMillan Cottom | 'Every interloper from outside the Nashville machine who flocks to the genre has to choose which version of country music they will embody: reactionary whiteness or reparative multiracialism.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/o...
Tressie McMillan Cottom | 'a… renaissance has come for country music… as Black, Hispanic, Indigenous and queer artists have staked a legitimate claim to the genre… still collectively pushing to be included in a genre that wants their rhythm but not their blues.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/o...
May 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Tressie McMillan Cottom | 'a… renaissance has come for country music… as Black, Hispanic, Indigenous and queer artists have staked a legitimate claim to the genre… still collectively pushing to be included in a genre that wants their rhythm but not their blues.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/o...