Editorial articles examining why analog systems remain relevant in a digital world, focusing on feedback, friction, transparency, mechanical memory, and tools that maintain reliability and understanding without abstraction.
November 3, 2025
Analog Systems
Understanding Analog Systems
Establishes analog systems as a functional category defined by continuity, feedback, and transparency, clarifying their ongoing relevance alongside digital tools.
Continuous Feedback vs Discrete States
Explores how analog systems communicate information through continuous variation rather than discrete steps, supporting awareness and fine control.
Mechanical Memory
Examines systems that store information materially, allowing past actions and conditions to remain legible without electronic mediation.
Failure Modes You Can See
Discusses how analog systems often fail visibly, enabling diagnosis, intervention, and repair before total loss of function.
Latency, Friction, and Awareness
Analyses how latency and friction slow interaction in productive ways, increasing control, awareness, and intentional action.
Tools That Work Without Power
Examines non-powered tools and systems that maintain function without external energy, highlighting their resilience and independence.
Hybrid Analog–Digital Systems
Explores productive integrations of analog and digital systems, focusing on designs that preserve feedback and transparency while leveraging computation.