Once upon a time, the US National Debt was a big issue. In the nineties a major third party campaign, Ross Perot, was focused on the issue of debt. P...
"Only by soaring above the clouds can one feel the immensity of the heavens." - Wind, Sand and Stars Antoine de Saint-ExupéryEvery year, for almost t...
Here’s a simple task that you might think is right up the alley of new AI tools.Generate a chart of California voter registration trends by party sin...
An old man walked with a familiar gait up to the dais of the Water District boardroom. “How’s the family Bob? Did you go up to Half Moon Bay aga...
Thirty five years ago, LA Times Magazine published a series of predictions about the future of the city in 2013, showcasing tomorrow’s world of “tech...
July 4th celebrates the birth of these United States. Notably the fourth is the day the Declaration of Independence was signed. The end of the 1787 c...
I penned the following piece ~18 months ago. As the national political discussion reaches new levels of psychodrama, I thought I'd share the post.Jul...
Here's a simple model of two types of new things.Prime numbers are famously hard to find but have an incredibly simple algorithm. Any number that is ...
Over the weekend, I saw this neat NYT piece about the growth of urban-rural exchanges across the country. That reminded me of the (unpublished) piece...
Note: much of this post was authored in collaboration with ChatGPT. I find it fun to prompt and have bots flesh out somewhat zany ideas. The post pai...