It’s pretty obvious that people need meaning in their lives, but I wonder…
Restaurant Pay Kiosks Are Just Outsourcing Work to the Customer
Restaurants are trying really hard to sell us on the “cool” tech of…
Leveraging the Masses as a Competitive Advantage
Imagine a time, say 10-30 years from now, where 80% of people are not needed in…
The Jobs Most Vulnerable to Automation
Any parent or teenager not thinking very hard about this list is putting themselves…
On Forcibly Removing People From Your Private Business
There’s been another incident with United this week. This time they created…
Bookstores vs. Check Cashing Places
I think the two most opposite geographic markers, in terms of income and class…
The Rise of the Individual Influencer
I think we’re entering a new era of human creativity and productivity—one…
Motherhood is Invisible Slavery
I find it interesting to think about what should be strange to us, but isn’t.…
Failure and How to Help People Avoid It
One fundamental difference between the left and right is their approach to handling…
Green Zone, Red Zone
This post will be stream of consciousness style. I’m worried that existing…
The Bifurcation of America: The Forced Class Separation into Alphas and Betas
There is something monumental happening with social class in the United States…
Greatness vs. Imperfection: How Should We Rate Our Leaders?
Trump’s presidency has forced me to re-evaluate what it means to be a good…
Governments, Markets, and Media
I was thinking the other day about an analogy between government services vs.…
How to Interact with Someone More Accomplished or Well-known Than You
There are right and wrong ways to attempt to interact with someone far more important…
The Hierarchy of Public Social Media Images
I think there’s a hierarchy to the images that people use to represent themselves…
The Hidden Contradiction in Gender Equality and Gender Swapping
There’s a strange contradiction lurking in gender identity politics. The…
Standardizing on New York Times for Core News Input
For the last several years my muscle memory has taken me to CNN as my main news…
Whose Responsibility is it to Provide Jobs to People?
One of the most central ideas to human civilization is the concept of work. You…
Emoticons, Emoji, Stickers and GIFs Represent Accelerated Language and Vocabulary Evolution
Many mistakenly think that this new type of online communication (texting, emoticons,…
The Power of Bottom-up (Evolution) vs. Top-down (Design)
I’ve been half-speed grappling with an idea for a few weeks now after finishing…
Why Rich People Don’t Notice Regular People
[ This is part of the Evolutionary Psychology Explanation Series (EPES), where…
Reading and Conversation as Idea Evolution
I’ve been on an absolute tear of ideas around the various applications of…
Evolution, Hormones, Meaning, Story, and Music
This is a half-formed idea. Walk with me. Meaning for humans is all centered around…
Audience Participation is the Future of Gaming
I just returned from the Dota2 Internationals in Seattle. It was a phenomenal…
Immigration 2.0
I think immigration needs an upgrade. A version 2.0. I’m not an immigration…