# Infophilia, A Positive Psychology of Information

Weekly essays about infophilia, our love of information and connection — and why cultivating that love matters now more than ever.

By Anita Sundaram Coleman

## [What I Heard in the City Council Chamber](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/what-i-heard-in-the-city-council)
### [Ranked Choice Voting...A Love Letter to Irvine](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/what-i-heard-in-the-city-council)
Jun 21•[Anita Sundaram Coleman](https://substack.com/@anitacoleman)

## [Imagination, Innovation, and Integrity](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/imagination-innovation-and-integrity)
### [A Love Letter to Irvine About Its Public Libraries](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/imagination-innovation-and-integrity)
Jun 20•[Anita Sundaram Coleman](https://substack.com/@anitacoleman)

## [A Gallon of Oil](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/a-gallon-of-oil)
### [An Information Story](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/a-gallon-of-oil)
Jun 13•[Anita Sundaram Coleman](https://substack.com/@anitacoleman)

## [The Self-Censorship They Didn't Want to Hear About](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/the-self-censorship-they-didnt-want)
Jan 3•[Anita Sundaram Coleman](https://substack.com/@anitacoleman)

## [Fortress Libraries or Captured Ecosystems?](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/by-the-people-for-the-machines)
Jan 31•[Anita Sundaram Coleman](https://substack.com/@anitacoleman)

## [Library Advocacy at ALA NLLD 2026](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/dispatches-from-dc)
Feb 28•[Anita Sundaram Coleman](https://substack.com/@anitacoleman)

## [The Game of Stacks](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/the-game-of-stacks)
Mar 14•[Anita Sundaram Coleman](https://substack.com/@anitacoleman)

## [WordGate, BrowserGate, and the Name That Says It All](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/wordgate-browsergate-and-the-name)
Apr 7•[Anita Sundaram Coleman](https://substack.com/@anitacoleman)

## [The New East India Company](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/the-new-east-india-company)
Feb 8, 2025•[Anita Sundaram Coleman](https://substack.com/@anitacoleman)

## Artificial Intelligence

## [How an AI Response Is Generated](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/how-an-ai-response-is-generated)
### [An Information Story](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/how-an-ai-response-is-generated)
May 30•[Anita Sundaram Coleman](https://substack.com/@anitacoleman)

## [Two Men in Their Prime Who Wouldn't Hold Hands](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/two-men-in-their-prime-who-wouldnt)
### [Searching for women in Project Glasswing and Claude Mythos - fists, frameworks, and the community directory that found what the algorithm missed.](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/two-men-in-their-prime-who-wouldnt)
Apr 25•[Anita Sundaram Coleman](https://substack.com/@anitacoleman)

## [Well-Read and Well-Fed](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/well-read-and-well-fed)
### [Nowruz, Edible Book Festivals, and Libraries Welcoming Every Kind of Mind](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/well-read-and-well-fed)
Apr 4•[Anita Sundaram Coleman](https://substack.com/@anitacoleman)

## Recent posts

## [The Information He Seeks Is Always Cheese](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/the-information-he-seeks-is-always)
### [A Birthday Tribute to the Man Who Will Take Any Train to the Right Pizza](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/the-information-he-seeks-is-always)
Jun 6•[Anita Sundaram Coleman](https://substack.com/@anitacoleman)

## [ALA at 150, A Vote and A Vision](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/what-libraries-are-for)
### [ALA employees vote 77-4 to unionize as it turns 150. A look at what it means and what libraries, credentials, and freedom of intelligence have always been.](https://infophilia.substack.com/p/what-libraries-are-for)
Jun 1•[Anita Sundaram Coleman](https://substack.com/@anitacoleman)