Notes
A collection of working notes, hunches, and delights in various states of synthesis.
FEB 2026
AI
MAY 2025
Loops, Not Divides
On Teams
MAY 2025
Two Lists
A simple framework to find good people.
AI
JAN 2025
In Search of Country-Model Fit
Whose values?
Career
JAN 2025
A small rubric for jobs
On Decisions
DEC 2024
The Million Dollar Question: Deciding How We Decide
We spend enormous energy debating what decisions to make, but almost none examining how we make them. It's a blind spot hiding in plain sight — and it might be the most important question facing communities today.
AI
OCT 2024
Stepping Stones
Design
OCT 2024
Responsible Shouldn't be Radical
Creativity
AUG 2024
Cabel Sasser's XOXO Talk: 4 Reminders for a Fuller, Creative Life
Philanthropy
JUL 2024
On Giving Circles
AI
JUN 2024
On Writing
Why do we write?
Anthropology
JUN 2024
One Man's Trash
Progress
Shape of Progress
Imperfect pendulums and the physics of ideas
