How time flies, and then crawls, and then flies again – This is an interview that I (apparently!) did in February of 2024. It was a great one, and I had been saving it for the big conclusion of my story arc, but times have changed. With nomination.day still in
The fireworks are over. In places you can still smell the smoke, though soon that should be gone too. And the budget of the American secret police is now big enough to be the third largest military budget in the world. The secret police who are beating the fathers of
I didn't have time to write you an essay ... because I spent an hour in the sun in a wool suit, shooting a video. It's not the best video ever made, but it's also not the worst – and as the literally only video I&
This morning I got an email with a very small notification. After a brief moderation check, my paper had been posted on SocArXiv. This wasn't a journal. It wasn't "published." But after close to three years of on and off work, no collaborators, no
See Part 1 here! Principle 4: Liking, or Positive Associations If you like somebody, you’re more likely to do something for them. But why do we like people? One bad but incredibly common academic assumption is that it’s largely a function of familiarity. If you’re around someone
(Note: I’m very excited to get to the How and When arguments of my planned series, but they both require my getting through a rather long book first. Which is just to say that there are logistical hurdles, but they are specific and known, I haven’t forgotten about
Among all of my other jobs, plans, schemes, and projects, there's one that is particular close to my heart. I am trying – slowly, but earnestly – to start a new national Day. Now, you probably know it as the Fifth of July. But I like to call it: Nomination
Due to powers beyond my control, I have been very abruptly given unexpected responsibilities that take up a large portion of my time. This makes it so that – like everyone, with everything, these days – I am forced to re-evaluate what this newsletter will look like. I am grateful for your
I write this from the Oakland airport, where I am finishing the first of two weeks on the West Coast. My wife and I, who met in college and after our families had left the places we grew up, are going to introduce one another to our hometowns. It will
I ended Part 1 (which is here) by saying that, by any reasonable interpretation, and with the clear endorsement of multiple lawyers and legal scholars, President Trump would appear to be guilty of the Constitutional crime of treason. I also said that in this post, I would describe what we
Part 1 of our conversation is here. Part 2 is directly linked here, or can be found in the header of this post on the website. Here's the next piece of my conversation with Adam, about intentional relationship building around hard conversations – specifically, through the lens of his
A little context Since cancelling the serial installments from the long-form Plan, I'm still figuring out what content should replace it. I'm excited by the What Why How and When research, but it's also substantial work. To provide something that's easier but