Feb 26, 2026
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12 min read
The mechanics of virality, and why they're kept out of sight.
Feb 19, 2026
10 min read
Rewiring the brain without outsourcing it to the universe.
Feb 12, 2026
How uncertainty became America's newest consumer product.
Feb 5, 2026
8 min read
On boycotts, attention, and our own impotence.
Jan 29, 2026
Running the numbers on a place.
Jan 22, 2026
11 min read
Three weeks abroad left me suspicious of my own grocery store.
Jan 15, 2026
6 min read
On comfort, complicity, and the line that doesn't exist.
Jan 8, 2026
7 min read
How words and slang shape behavior, mood, and culture.
Jan 1, 2026
5 min read
Observations from a functioning democracy.
Dec 25, 2025
Year-end rituals and the art of prediction.
Dec 18, 2025
How infinite content bankrupted our capacity to care.
Dec 11, 2025
The most important economic policy in a generation is rolling out this week.
Dec 4, 2025
Not every challenge is a problem in need of a fix.
Nov 27, 2025
Home, identity, and the interminable process of growing up.
Nov 20, 2025
Crying in the shower, the perverse incentives of venture capital, and why I'm hunting for founders as broken as I am.
Nov 13, 2025
14 min read
How gas station weed became the bargaining chip that ended a government shutdown.
Nov 6, 2025
9 min read
The envy economy and the joy of watching people you love win.
Oct 30, 2025
California voters know Prop 50 is wrong, and they're voting for it anyway.
Oct 23, 2025
Our species evolved to survive change, not to notice it. The result is a civilization sleepwalking through transformation.
Oct 16, 2025
4 min read
Too sick to think, too stubborn to stop.
Oct 9, 2025
15 min read
When personalization replaces pluralism, democracy stops working.
Oct 2, 2025
How design shapes the way we think and live.
Sep 25, 2025
With creation costs practically zero, anyone can ship a story.
Sep 18, 2025
A trip to LSU’s Death Valley revealed the most valuable player isn’t even on the field.
Sep 11, 2025
When cognitive impairment feels like peak performance.
