Writing

Private property has become so prevalent in the world that we rarely think about the commons. Most people consider the subway as a public good, it is part of “public transport” after all. But they are unlikely to recognize the [...]  Read more

Earlier this week Chris Anderson, who runs TED, hosted a 45min conversation with Bill Gates . I heard a lot about it in the last few days (it has already had 1.2mm views) and this morning the Gotham Gal and [...]  Read more

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the US, the people who are stepping up the most to meet this challenge are our country’s healthcare workers. We should do everything we can to help make sure they can work safely during [...]  Read more

I wrote about the idea of buying Bitcoin in your IRA last year. I got a lot of responses to that post and one of them was from the founder of Alto IRA. I set up an Alto IRA, moved [...]  Read more

If you are a crypto enthusiast like me, how do you stay on top of the daily crypto news cycle? There is crypto twitter, but that’s not for the faint of heart. If you hang out there, you know what [...]  Read more

Ad blockers are hugely popular. Close to 800mm people around the world use them to avoid intrusive ads and data collection. I do not use an ad-blocker but I completely understand why one would choose to do so. And yet [...]  Read more

It’s an overwhelming time right now. Everyone in the world is focused on COVID-19, and to varying degrees, is changing the way they live. From an economic perspective — beyond the obvious massive damage due to a halting of large [...]  Read more

For the past six months, I’ve been working on a new podcast called Everyday Experts , where I profile people from a variety of jobs and industries about the people and systems behind the work they do. I know a [...]  Read more

I have been teaching in one form or another since college. I helped pay for graduate school by teaching other grad students. For most of my life, teaching has meant standing up in front of a group of people and [...]  Read more