Jan 8, 2026
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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
11 min read
Year-end rituals and the art of prediction.
Dec 18, 2025
10 min read
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
6 min read
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
8 min read
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.
Sep 4, 2025
Craving certainty in an uncertain world.
Aug 28, 2025
12 min read
Underreported news from August 2025
Aug 21, 2025
Six Flags with my nieces, a moral stand in the heat, and a glimpse of America’s unraveling.
Aug 14, 2025
The graduation problem, its reach from dating apps to McKinsey, and how to make departures valuable.
Aug 7, 2025
Cannabis, cults, and $25M cash.
Jul 31, 2025
Underreported news from July 2025
Jul 24, 2025
Optimized bodies, suppressed appetites, and rented peace of mind.
