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One of the major reasons for increasing homogeneity is big data. This is why websites, apps, and ads look the same. They have been optimized to capture the attention of your lizard…

I remember reading once that Steve Jobs only assigned his engineers one project at a time to optimize focus. A potentially apocryphal story because I later read his biography and d…

I live near a Great Lake and have always enjoyed looking out over the seemingly endless expanse of water to put my problems into perspective.

> But the one belief I've come to is that we do ourselves a disservice when we fall pray to the idea that the universe has some purpose for us. I spent my 20's agonizing over wheth…

> Many professors I know will freeze in class when realizing they were praising the work of a “colonialist” such as Darwin or Newton. The American left has lost the ability to see …

Could not agree more. I hate speaking off-the-cuff and being forced to evaluate an idea with only a split-second of contemplation time within a meeting. We're trying to move to 6-p…

Optimize for what excites you, not necessarily what you may be naturally talented in. Work hard at what you find fun, and the skill will follow. Cautionary tale: I am a data scient…