Graceful degradation of infrastructure
Have you ever been at home and had the power go out on you? Have you had a water main […]
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Creating a moral habit
This article is a meditation on what constitutes moral character when assuming that empathy should guide our decisions rather than
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Choosing our future
Information is about surprise. If this comes as a surprise, then read on! Think about the last time a friend
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A modern ten commandments
The Abrahamic ten commandments are seen by many as the basis for our laws, even though they aren’t. These commandments
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Retiring early with empathy
Who doesn’t want to retire early or gain financial independence? Having the luxury of walking away from your job if
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Democracy at work
The U.S. presidential election is over. States are still counting some votes to determine close races. But they’ve counted enough
Selecting our filter
In 2008, Alan Liu gave a talk titled “Peopling the Police: A Social Computing Approach to Information Authority in the
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No one should profit off the suffering of others
According to the Census Bureau, about 1 in 12 people in the U.S. don’t have health insurance. Even with health
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