This reflection was originally posted on April 9, 2019. I don’t write a lot directly about climate change. It’s a little strange, given that I’ve built my personal choices heavily around carbon usage (trying to cut meat, insisting on commuting by bicycle, etc.) Part of the problem, I think, is that the science is so…

Fear, loathing, and a “third-class principle”. I’ve had the same conversation repeatedly over the past nine years. I’ll be talking with someone about an upcoming election, and they’ll register some disbelief about hardline Trump Republican voters. “I can’t believe they’re willing to believe those lies.” “Why are they voting against their own self-interest?” “What do…

So I’ve been thinking about algorithms a lot recently. Let’s talk about what they can tell us about our own biases and what we need to do with that information. With cameos from Garfield, AC/DC, and Harry Potter. You may be aware, but predictive text had a bit of a moment in late 2017/early 2018….