A historical collection of our writing.
Brad BurnhamAmerica’s idea of itself is inextricably tied to the opening of the American West. In the 19th century America embraced the entrepreneurs, and rugged individuals who sought to reinvent themselves by going west. Joe Manchin seems to have forgotten who we are. He seems to have forgotten that it was […] Read more
I posted yesterday in Homeschool Wednesday about my first time at jury duty. Here is a quick follow up. It turns out I wasn’t chosen for either of the two trials that were under consideration and surprisingly wasn’t asked to come back today. So the only comments and observations I have are about […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I became a US citizen in the mid 2000s (I have forgotten the exact year) and recently got called for the first time for jury duty. I am very excited about this as it is both a central part of the functioning of the judicial system (and hence civil society overall), as well as a […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
The last few weeks in Tech Tuesday we have looked at various aspects of computational complexity. So far whenever we have looked at a sample problem, such as finding words on a web page, we have studied the characteristics of a particular algorithm for solving the problem (in many cases starting […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
A couple of days have passed since the news of the monster acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook broke. More people have written about it already than I can possibly link to so I won’t even try. My immediate reaction just based on financial metrics was that Facebook massively overpaid but I wasn’t […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonAnnouncing the investment in Sidecar that USV made last summer […] Read more
