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COVID: Some Ways Out
(4000 words, ~12 minutes to read) It’s easy to get stuck in the day-to-day mire of COVID-19 statistics, analyses, and hot-takes. But what...
Josh
Jul 29, 202015 min read


Slogans: What We Say and What We Mean
(1600 words, 5-6 minutes to read. Sorry in advance for the many, many quotation marks.) Growing up, my dad used to play this game where...
Josh
Jun 14, 20207 min read


Against the Police-Free World That Nobody is Asking For
(1100 words, ~4 minutes to read) I’ve mostly stayed away from the most extreme discussions going on right now regarding police reform,...
Josh
Jun 10, 20205 min read


Regulation as Friction
Recently spotted on Twitter: “Regulation” makes it sound abstract and far away, like someone setting the dial on their thermostat;...
Josh
May 23, 20203 min read


Zoom: The Other Exponential Growth Story of 2020
First, my own anecdotal point of view: Sometime last year I recall seeing a group on my campus handing out flyers for some (new?) video...
Josh
Apr 13, 20208 min read


The Long Haul
(1700 words, ~6 minutes to read) You’ve been sent to prison, but you haven’t committed a crime. You’re stuck in your cell, day after day,...
Josh
Mar 19, 20207 min read


Dark Side of Sharing
(700 words, 2-3 minutes to read) We live in a confusing time. 1) I often see “news articles” that contain blatant lies, or at least...
Josh
Mar 15, 20203 min read


Should We Reward “Bad People” Who Unexpectedly Do Good Things?
(1100 words, 3 minutes to read) Big news this week: in Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate, Mitt Romney voted to remove him from...
Josh
Feb 9, 20205 min read


Derivatives of Progress
(2,200 words, 7-9 minutes to read) I am a human, born in what is not yet known as the year 10,000 BC in what is not yet known as the...
Josh
Dec 28, 20199 min read


Everything is a Spectrum
Breaking news: Autism isn’t binary (not autistic / autistic), but instead it’s a spectrum (not autistic ⇄ autistic). This, per the...
Josh
Nov 16, 201913 min read
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