We Know a Good Life When We See It
Technocracy Manages Harm. Virtue Builds Lives.
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Efficiency Without Morality is Tyranny
Notes on Sedation, Technocracy, and AI
Small Refusals
In my last blog, I talked about the weakness of the electorate—how our government's failures aren't separate from the people, they're a reflection of us, of the collective drift away from seriousness that defines this moment in American life.
There has been a
Tariffs: We Must Be Better
I recently posted on LinkedIn criticizing the new tariffs as lazily developed, and wondering why the admin tried to run cover and make them seem more sophisticated. This aligns with my critique of DOGE, an organization that does sloppy work, regardless of your alignment with their stated goals. But I
DOGE is BS, a Brief Update
After I wrote a little technical takedown of DOGE, a group of people in the DOGE cabal happened to do a half hour interview on Fox News trying to convince you, dear reader, that what they are doing is Good and Noble and that the fraud is Very Big.
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The DOGE of it All
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is BS. I think it’s fair to start this with that blunt statement. I’m not going to bother evaluating the legality of the endeavor, that’s for lawyers and judges and history to decide. I want you to understand that DOGE being
It's Resolution Time, Let's Talk about Making Changes
For the first time in years I’m approaching the end of the year actually wanting to reflect on the year gone by and look forward to the future. I’ve never put much stock in celebrations of calendar changes, whether that’s the new year or my own birthday,
Evaluating AI Bias Part 2 - Human Generated Bias in AI
Once again, I wrote about AI for the Abundance Institute. In this article, which I'm posting in full here, I explore the pressures and incentives on AI companies and how our choices now might influence what we are able to do with AI in the future. Thanks for
AI Bias Discussion
Hi everyone. It's been a while since I've posted here, and not for lack of news, particularly news involving business decision making. Recently I wrote an article for the Abundance Institute which I'll post in full here. As a data science professional, I'
Data Aggregation, Simpson's Paradox, and Bad Causal Analysis
Last week I noticed this tweet from Chris Hayes:
At first glance, this looks like a remarkable result. According to this, during the last 35 years Democratic presidents have “created” about 25x the jobs that Republican presidents have. Chris goes on to insinuate that while this is a “small sample