Consider a composite figure who is easy to find in any American city right now: a healthcare administrator, say, 39… Read more
Category: Technology
The Next Species of Computing
There is a diagram I drew on whiteboards for twenty years. Three boxes, stacked vertically. Application at the top. System… Read more
The Knowledge We Build Together
There is a certain kind of American story that never quite makes the front page. It has no villain, no… Read more
The New Year’s Resolution Hidden in Our Supply Chains
On a gray Tuesday morning in a former warehouse on the edge of a Midwestern city, a small factory hums… Read more
The Case for Shared Stewardship in Artificial Intelligence
American public life has a habit of turning every emerging technology into a cultural battleground. Railroads were once instruments of… Read more
What Tech Cannot Replace During the Holidays
The year did not collapse. That is not nothing. A school quietly opened a food pantry so families could pick… Read more
How Much Longer Will Americans Pay the Premium? Thanksgiving Reflections from the Crossroads of America
Thanksgiving week in Indiana always tells a story. Highways fill with families, pickup trucks, and the hum of engines that… Read more
A Melladee and an Eight Dollar Pi
Some ideas show up so simple that you almost miss how good they really are. Melladee was one of those… Read more
A VLAN for Christmas: The Smart Home Upgrade Parents Don’t Know They Need
Parents usually ask for practical gifts. A working coffeemaker. A night without chores. Something wrapped. This year there is a… Read more
How to Train Your Own AI (Without Writing a Line of Code)
Want your computer to think more like you? Remember those YouTube lectures you loved? Summarize research papers you bookmarked but… Read more