JoshJul 29, 202015 minCOVID: Some Ways Out(4000 words, ~12 minutes to read) It’s easy to get stuck in the day-to-day mire of COVID-19 statistics, analyses, and hot-takes. But what...
JoshJun 14, 20207 minSlogans: What We Say and What We Mean(1600 words, 5-6 minutes to read. Sorry in advance for the many, many quotation marks.) Growing up, my dad used to play this game where...
JoshJun 10, 20205 minAgainst the Police-Free World That Nobody is Asking For(1100 words, ~4 minutes to read) I’ve mostly stayed away from the most extreme discussions going on right now regarding police reform,...
JoshMay 23, 20203 minRegulation as FrictionRecently spotted on Twitter: “Regulation” makes it sound abstract and far away, like someone setting the dial on their thermostat;...
JoshApr 13, 20208 minZoom: The Other Exponential Growth Story of 2020First, my own anecdotal point of view: Sometime last year I recall seeing a group on my campus handing out flyers for some (new?) video...
JoshMar 19, 20207 minThe Long Haul(1700 words, ~6 minutes to read) You’ve been sent to prison, but you haven’t committed a crime. You’re stuck in your cell, day after day,...
JoshMar 15, 20203 minDark Side of Sharing(700 words, 2-3 minutes to read) We live in a confusing time. 1) I often see “news articles” that contain blatant lies, or at least...
JoshFeb 9, 20205 minShould We Reward “Bad People” Who Unexpectedly Do Good Things?(1100 words, 3 minutes to read) Big news this week: in Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate, Mitt Romney voted to remove him from...
JoshDec 28, 20199 minDerivatives of Progress(2,200 words, 7-9 minutes to read) I am a human, born in what is not yet known as the year 10,000 BC in what is not yet known as the...
JoshNov 16, 201913 minEverything is a SpectrumBreaking news: Autism isn’t binary (not autistic / autistic), but instead it’s a spectrum (not autistic ⇄ autistic). This, per the...