JARED KNOWLES.

My old graduate school roommate, Daniel Walters a professor at Texas A&M, is co-author on this excellent article about the eroding independence of federal agencies and the opportunity it creates for more executive overreach and erosion of trust in the government.

A really excellent essay about how high-risk, low expected value acts like gambling, trying to go viral, etc. are a symptom of how the incentives have completely changed in the K shaped economy.

I have been interested in this idea and this article introduced me to the concept of “Answer Engine Optimization” or AEO. Unlike SEO, right now at least, it seems very easy to move and adjust. And signs are this is rapidly becoming the way to reach people…

Brian Phillips nails it. From an entertainment perspective, VAR is an abomination in almost every sport. It has gone too far. I hate waiting 20 seconds after any meaningful action to see if the referee will make or reverse a call that changes the game.

The term “understanding” does a lot of work in thinking about code and data science. All code is an abstraction. And, abstractions embody a balance of tradeoffs between competing concerns like readability, performance, and maintenance costs. This post lays that out really thoughtfully!

Consumer sentiment at an all time low. Corporate profits at an all time high 15% share of GDP. Employee compensation below 10% of GDP. Prices soaring, choice falling. Something has to change. Freedom and liberty can still be restored.

This is wonky, but as it is forecast to hit above 100F here in Boston this week, I plan on digging in and reading this really great report/policy vision that explains how a better world is possible. This is the kind of engaged applied social science that I love!

I was reading this nodding along and realized at some point, awhile back, I had no clue what it was talking about. But I was still enjoying it.

This was interesting to read. For quantitative analysis AI simply does most of the work when prompted now. Once you see it and believe it, the really interesting questions discussed in this article take on considerable urgency. It’s uncharted territory which is exciting to think about and very easy to get lost in.

I appreciate the technical content being put out by Lander Analytics. Consistently great stuff, on the cutting edge, thoughtfully presented. I use DuckDB all the time and read the official post about the Quack protocol, but this article made some practical recommendations that clicked for me.

This is a fun retrospective on technology. It’s good to stop amid the hype and hyperbole of the tech industry and take the wider view. Humbling and inspiring and grounding.

An awesome well thought out and detailed way to approach using AI assisted coding agents to give back to open source projects in a way that is pro-social. The key - start small and participate! Great advice.