Don't Panic! Fear, Uncertainty, and AI
AI presents real risks, but fear and uncertainty shouldn't convince us to embrace solutions to problems we don't yet understand.
October 9, 2026 • 4 min read
Economy 12
Property Taxes and Unaccountable School Systems
DeKalb County schools account for 80% of my property taxes but the local high school only graduates 61% of its students and rebuilding/redistricting has been...
July 7, 2023 • 3 min read
2022 Georgia Election Results with non-voters
Another election week is in the books, and another runoff is underway, but one choice continues to be unrivaled: choosing not to vote.
November 15, 2022 • 3 min read
Brookhaven and Buford Highway's blight
In April 2022, Brookhaven's City Council approved a measure to redevelop the "blighted" area of Buford Highway. Let's look at this area and consider how it b...
June 17, 2022 • 8 min read
Political and Personal Diversity
As the world embraces diversity we should be mindful of where it's encouraged and where it's prevented and why.
October 2, 2020 • 1 min read
Exponentials in Pandemics and Innovation
Whether inside a computer or real life, a linear system under exponential pressure crashes and fails.
April 16, 2020 • 7 min read
Georgia's COVID-19 Growth Curve
How well are we “flattening the curve”? Track the spread of coronavirus in Georgia over time in a graph and table.
April 6, 2020 • 2 min read
How hard would it be to …?
Identifying calibrated questions aimed at software developers
January 12, 2020 • 2 min read
A More Representative Democracy
An outline for how a simple website could solve many of the problems with our current legislative systems.
June 16, 2015 • 7 min read
The Communication Age
The explosion of the Internet and mobile devices shaped a new age where people across the globe are always connected and always communicating, irreversibly c...
November 4, 2014 • 7 min read
Smart is Overrated
Being smart is better than being stupid, but smart shouldn’t be the first word you want applied to you. How did smart get so important? How can it work again...
March 19, 2012 • 2 min read
Speaking outside yourself
Examples of how people commonly avoid personal responsibility in discussions by implying facts or universal truths.
March 10, 2012 • 2 min read
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