Questions and Thoughts (half-baked)

I wrote a book!

I wrote a YA sci-fi novel. Read this to find out how to get it

TikTok

The dirty truth about book publishing

Who will protect [us] from the cold?

My journey into the world of Web3 and cryptocurrency…wouldn't it be awesome if we bent the arc of Web3 towards justice?

How my 1-year-old taught me about diversity

Heroes you can identify with

My ode to YouTube comments

A fun YouTube comment thread and the implications for social media platforms

Monsters, Inc is one of the greatest stories ever told

Holding opposed ideas

Why I support Amy Coney Barrett's nomination and packing the court

Timeless wisdom from our President

George Washington's prescient warnings of the political issues of today

Presidential

What does the word mean?

The magic of scuba diving

The magical feelings of insignificance, weightlessness, and fear

It started with a period

The controversy around Zomato's menstrual leave policy and how it ought to be resolved

Choosing your college

A guide for college football recruits and why it doesn't exist

I'm rocking the suburbs

And now everyone else is too?

The need to take a side

How physics can inform how we form views

The reluctant entrepreneur

How they serve as a window to the more profound side of starting and growing a business

The new MBTI

A hiker's guide to personality types

A new type of civics education

Making our vote count

The soft bigotry of low expectations

Why we should agree on the science but not necessarily on the government response

I know you're wrong, but I can't prove it

Why I can't support the seductive arguments for effective altruism

I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance

Four lessons from watching Hamilton

Till death do us part

The benefits of a fixed endpoint

The Problem We All Live With

Why our natural fears prevent progress

I figured out who I'm voting for in 2020

And it's not who you think.

Five hidden choices that will shape our future

Whether we choose to make them or not

Should we blame Trump? No.

Blame Madison and the Founding Fathers

Can COVID-19 propel education forward?

Only if we draw our lessons from coaching

Moral inconsistencies

Why we don't live by the beliefs we claim to hold

Does the arc of the moral universe bend towards justice?

Questioning MLK's hopeful sentiment in the context of racial justice

Fiction as a tool for complex morality

Why fiction is often more effective than philosophy for engaging with moral issues

Defining what it means to be human

What separates humans from every other species?

The point of life

Exploring whether the purpose of life is the pursuit of happiness

Belief in God

A personal exploration of three frameworks for understanding belief in a higher power

Why can't I fly like a bird?

Why path dependence may have closed the door on my dreams of personal flight

Who cares what J.K. Rowling thinks?

Once published, interpreting works of fiction sits with the public, not the author