Culture Kudzu: Poetry for Entrepreneurs
Kudzu was brought to America to cure land erosion but quickly overtook the landscapes it was meant to save. It’s not just a plant—it’s a metaphor for how blind ambition can dominate, obscure, and stifle the ecosystems it seeks to nurture. In Culture Kudzu, I weave together the systems that drive American innovation — culture, commerce, media, and technology— and uses poetry to explore the not-often-discussed human side of what it means to be an innovator and entrepreneur in America. Hidden beneath the surface of investor pitch decks, startup spreadsheets, and corporate on-brand messaging are real people navigating the messy, beautiful, and deeply human side of technology and future of work.
People trying to move through innovation grief and personal loss while under the pressure of continuous economic growth.
People integrating artificial intelligence into their personal lives and professional dreams even as they wrestle with its unknowns.
People who know the feeling of sacrificing parts of themselves for validation from investors, markets, and the digital void.
People whose success can sometimes leave them feeling complicit in stifling the social ecosystems that sustain meaningful innovation.
People striving to stay connected to the spiritual technology that science frames as wonder, trust, freedom and joy.
Culture Kudzu uses poetry—the language of the future and quantum storytelling—to call people home to the human side of technology and future of work.
Culture Kudzu is a return to wonder.