A historical collection of our writing.
In Washington DC today the FCC will meet to consider a notice of proposed rule making that has the potential for creating fast lanes, slow lanes and no lanes for your Internet access at home. I have blogged a lot about why this matters and what you can do about it. At Continuations I am […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Yesterday I wrote about the depressing lack of engineers and scientists in government. Part of my point was that more than ever we are facing problems caused by and solvable with science and engineering. A sampling of stories from yesterday / this morning is the perfect illustration. The New York […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
When I first started talking to Dina who is helping me with research, I explained that I consider myself a technology optimist. By which I mean that I am optimistic that over time we the human species will figure out how to use technology to make things better. Dina rightly challenged me to define […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
The Internet is a most amazing thing that we are unfortunately taking for granted. At its core it is about connecting all of humanity with each other. With it we, the people, have the power to dramatically reduce the cost and expand the reach of education. To conduct research outside of the […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
In 1994 I was a student in Thomas Piketty’s first theory class at MIT. He was a young hotshot professor and I was a not so young student (in fact about 4 years older than Piketty). I still vividly remember the horror that was the first exam in this class. Piketty had vastly overestimated how […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I am co-hosting an event on May 14 at the BuzzFeed offices with folks from Represent.us / United Republic and others backing the American Anti-corruption Act. We will be discussing the rationale behind the Act and how the campaign plans to pass it via ballot initiative in cities, counties, states, […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
