Gunnar Peterson is one of my favorite infosec thinkers. He’s extremely clear-minded…
Archives for October 2015
How Twitter Should Work
Twitter’s central concept should be curation. Curation should run throughout…
Why Libertarians Tend to Be White, Male, and Young
Libertarianism is bound to be attractive to those types of people who have enough…
Powering Innovation With Inputs
In my own life, I found that whenever I wasn’t sure what to do next, I would…
All Companies Are Tech Companies
I picked up an interesting concept from my reading/consuming recently: All companies…
Replacing Passwords with Out-of-band Challenges
I think passwords will give way to another type of authentication—one that…
The Best Man-made Global Warming Data Comes from ExxonMobil
The main play for those who disbelieve in man-made climate change is to say that…
A Liberal Gun Owner Explores Existing Data
My friend Brooks and I were discussing gun control, as we like to do, and I told…
Jack of All Trades, Master of Some
In the modern world, where a very common job might require someone to be a social-media…
Why Free Markets Don’t Create Freedom
I hear constantly from my republican friends about how we need more “free…
A Theory on How the NSA Can Decrypt Some Public Traffic
For the nerds in the audience, here’s what’s wrong: If a client and server…
China’s New Dystopian Citizen Rating System
China has just launched a comprehensive new system for rating its citizens. It’s…
The Most Effective Vitamins
There is so much rubbish out there regarding which vitamins are good and which…
Mobile Search Just Surpassed Desktop Search
Google’s search chief Amit Singhal said for the first time this summer, more…
The No Recognition for Violence (NRV) Campaign
It’s not easy to stop discarded people from becoming violent. But maybe…
The Potential Suffering Index (PSI)
Suffering is bad. It’s caused by raising people who are hungry, neglected,…
Republicans Obstructing Data Gathering on Gun Violence
In June, the Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives rejected…
Companies Are Abandoning College as a Filter
It’s a strange time to be a student or a recent graduate of high school…
