Mike MesterharmDr. Languagemodel: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love ChatGPTThe recent hubbub surrounding ChatGPT has created something of a good news bad news situation for middle and high school English teachers…Feb 6, 2023Feb 6, 2023
Mike MesterharmOn Two Separate But Related Questions: Will Hugh Freeze Get What He Deserves?Hugh Freeze, in general, seems like a shitty person. To review why I might say this, he:Dec 2, 2022Dec 2, 2022
Mike Mesterharm“Who is this supposed to be for?”Crappy Baseball, Weaponized Nostalgia, and the Market that Still Eats EverythingJul 19, 2022Jul 19, 2022
Mike Mesterharm“I Wanted an Ape That Reminded Me of Me”: NFTs, Depression, and the Price (and Worth) of EverythingIn the current pantheon of late night television talk show hosts, I rank Jimmy Fallon significantly ahead of James Corden and slightly…Mar 18, 2022Mar 18, 2022
Mike Mesterharm“Notre Dame Will Change You, If You Let It”: The #FreemanEra, the Free Market, and What It All…If you had asked me just a few weeks ago if there existed a series of possible events that, if triggered in the proper sequence, might make…Dec 16, 2021Dec 16, 2021
Mike MesterharmWho We are to Each Other : The Risks of Loving an Ungovernable OtherIn the spring of 2016 I was in my second semester of my current round of graduate school. Two days every week I would commute for work…Dec 3, 2021Dec 3, 2021
Mike MesterharmDon’t Blame It on the Pop: Does Popular Music Hold the Key to Fixing our Broken Digital…I need to start here: I love pop music. At pretty much any point since getting my driver’s license, if you hopped into my car, you stood a…Sep 20, 2021Sep 20, 2021
Mike MesterharmLoving Something Broken: Finding Cracks and Pieces of Church, Country, and Self in West VirginiaWhen I used to work in college admissions, I would get frequent questions about topics for admissions essays. Having read thousands of…Jul 22, 2021Jul 22, 2021
Mike MesterharmIt’s Still Real to Me, Dammit: Pro Wrestling, Kayfabe, and the (Mathematical) Function of FaithI was in probably fifth or sixth grade when wrestling’s popularity was at a fever pitch in my grade school. With a level of commitment that…Jun 17, 2021Jun 17, 2021
Mike MesterharmEmpty Tombs and Rothko Rooms: Art, Easter, and the Language of RedemptionThis Easter season, I find myself considering a scene from a movie that is, by all accounts, deeply important to just about any person of…Apr 5, 2021Apr 5, 2021
