Stories of how to build a better person

Rethinking education, work, and life for a world of cognitive automation and creative explorers

There is a tax...and we all pay it.

The purpose paradox: those who help other have better lives.

My long-running newsletter connecting the dots on the latest research

My research, my essays, and some articles I just wish I had written

...they only ever have messy human solutions

Print, radio, podcast, TV...they never learn their lesson.

10 safe experiments you can "mad scientist" on your own baby

In a high mountain crossroad between two empires, the wall between worlds wears thin.

What is love without memory?

My ancestors all come to this place and left behind nothing but stories

Your student loans won't cover your black market wetware