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Sep
09

A reflection on the peril of raised expectations as I wait for my Verizon repairman

My FIOS home internet stopped working on Thursday. That’s a minor inconvenience. I look up the service phone number
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Jun
05

Bully Pulpit

See Donald’s Trump put the bully in bully pulpit: trying to get a new judge when the current one
May
10

Universal Basic Income and Exploding Knowledge

We are living amongst the greatest democrtization of both knowledge and the means of production ever in history. You can
1 min read
May
08

A robots native tongue

There is a ton of hype today about bots and AI interacting with users as the next bug computing interface.
1 min read
Apr
11

Vanguard, Wealthfront, and the Fight for the Future of Retirement

For the average investor, investing in the stock market is pretty similar now to the 1950’s — it’s faster
10 min read
Jul
17

Foundations for the Future

I have been reading a lot of relatively new technologies that I think will combined in fascinating ways to create
1 min read
Jun
13

Dreams From 2004

In 2004, I was a freelance writer for a “Teen focused” section of my local paper. It was a cool
1 min read
Apr
13

Debt We Must Pay

Most people struggle plenty with personal, financial debt. It is hard to think about the long term consequences of our
1 min read
Apr
01

Robin Hood and His Merry Robo-Advisors

There are a lot of young brokerage and wealth management companies starting today with a modern technology twist. As a
7 min read
Jan
07

Incentives Are Overdone

We read a lot about situations where incentives lead to “bad” or less than ideal behavior (my current favorite example
1 min read