Samuel G. B. Johnson

I was reborn last week on the other side of the Atlantic. I've traveled before, even to London, but I have never lived outside of America. And I have moved before, even across the country, but never this far and this suddenly. I feel almost as though the yesterdays only go back to this past Wednesday, when I stepped off the plane – short on sleep, unclear on the hour – and found this new world a blooming, buzzing confusion demanding to be understood. If I were a bit younger,

Things are changing fast. Last week, I moved to London. Next fall, I am starting as a faculty member (at the U.K.'s University of Bath). And lately I have been changing my research field from a fairly abstract corner of cognitive psychology to the all-too-real world of commerce. With so much changing all at once, it's oddly easy to change everything else. I have wanted to start writing a blog for some time, but found the time commitment prohibitive. (I'm all too aware that th