A nation is a lot like a family. If there's someone in the family that starts behaving badly, you can't just cut them out of your family, ignore the…Read more

It seems like people think that whatever's wrong with the world, or with politics, or government, is the others. It's Trump that's the problem, or t…Read more

We have to be willing to say “show me evidence of this, and I will change my mind”. We have to be willing to, as a society, get researchers and s…Read more

I've long said that politics is theater, especially US politics, and it's the only rational way to look at it. It's all show. Of course, there are r…Read more

Let's have the government create public infrastructure for an open web for the benefit of all the world, such as this. Read more

That's the title of a New York Times article, and it's hard to disagree with. In the 1980, low and middle class saw the largest income growth.…Read more

When you're developing a piece of software or starting a business or solving some business challenge, it's often times super helpful to go back to t…Read more

I'm currently obsessed with how to design a political system that actually works. I haven't experienced one in real life, but that shouldn't stop us…Read more

I don't actually believe that statement, but it is something I used to believe, and it's something I hear a lot. I was at an event with Stevie Wo…Read more