When your politician wants to do the right thing, they need your help. If you call/tweet your representatives about something they already agree with, you are telling them: We have your back. You don’t have to worry that doing the right thing will cost you the...

Great NYTimes Article on the end of truth: Social networks and hacking also “have enabled us to see, in full color, into the innermost workings of every institution and into the attitudes of those who run them,” noted Seidman, “and that has eroded trust in virtually...

In racing there are different kinds of flags.  During many of them such as the yellow flag, drivers are not allowed to pass each other.  Now imagine in this flag situation the opposite of rubber banding (where in Mario Kart where the AI racers behind are placed closer...

I think the biggest problems with good things is you don't notice them.  We just tune out systems that are working properly.  Kind of like how you don't think about your washing machine at all until it starts malfunctioning.  A lot of people didn't vote last election...

White Christians who Voted for Donald Trump: This is the personal Hell we’ve unleashed upon our people this week.  And if you’re a white Christian and you voted for Donald Trump: You need to fix this. Now. You comprise the lion’s share of Trump’s elevation to the...

It's easy to tell if something is empowering.  If something is truly empowering, those in power are doing everything in their power to suppress it. Voting.  In the 2012 election wait times for largely minority dominated precincts were twice as long for white dominated...

I hate to boil complex geopolitical problems into simple language, but...  I think a lot of our problems stem from the fact that nobody gives a damn about anybody else.  If something is good for the commons but the actors involved don't get something out of it, it...

Everyone I know is brokenhearted. Such an achingly beautiful post from someone just two years older than me.