Why Programming is Hard to Fundamentally Improve

and why I’m still trying…

One of the curious things about being human is the ability to hold two contradictory views simultaneously. When I’m in analysis mode I try to understand what market, technical and social forces…

The End of Nuance and the Pending Failure of our Democracy

The Untold Meaning of Life

If the universe had a FAQ page, the first question would undoubtably be “What is the meaning of life?” Countless philosophers have pondered the answer to this question and I thought I would throw my 2 cents into the conversation. My premise is based on a belief that scientific…

Embrace Your Contradictions

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” 
 — Dr. Seuss

Few Noble Men

A beginners guide to hope

There are few noble men, so few that we should not count…

Democracy 2.0 — A Practical Specification

If you support the ideas laid out in this post, please share it. It takes 20 seconds and there’s no other way these ideas will spread.

Autonomous Products

A company can be understood through many different lenses; each appropriate for some questions and woefully unequipped to deal with others. One such lens that I think is particularly useful, especially during the pre-product-market fit stages, is thinking of a company as a thermodynamic…

Become Dirt

We must all take responsibility for our world in the ways that we can.

Why I don’t buy Super Intelligence

Musk, Zuckerberg, Hawking, Bostrom, Kurzweil. All great minds and all ones who have taken a side supporting, refuting or in Bostrom’s case minting the idea of a runaway Super Intelligence.

A Guide to Self Improvement

I spent the first half of 2017 trying to systematize my self improvement efforts. I won’t pretend to have…