Navigating Public Policy, Technology, Health, Data, and Innovation for a Fairer Future
In 2024, a junior associate at a boutique law firm in Chicago began training a GPT model to write like his managing partner. There was no directive. No job title. No formal training. Just curiosity and a backlog of contracts to draft. He fed the model past agreements, tuned the tone, and refined the logic. Read More “The Future of Labor Is Already Clocked In”
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a major antitrust lawsuit against Google in October 2020. That legal challenge could reshape how small businesses operate in the digital economy. This is not some arcane policy fight. It is about the tools businesses use to advertise, communicate, and compete. Google has become the infrastructure of the internet. Read More “Still Using Google? So Are 90% of Us. That’s Kind of the Problem.”
When you live in Indianapolis, motorsport is more than spectacle, it’s civic texture. On Memorial Day weekend, the roar from the Brickyard isn’t just noise. It’s history echoing at 230 miles per hour. The Indianapolis 500 remains the world’s most prestigious single-day race. Formula 1, on the other hand, is something else entirely. It is Read More “From Gasoline Alley to the Grid: What GM’s Formula 1 Engine Means for American Manufacturing”
Somewhere between staying current and staying employed, there’s a gap most people don’t talk about. It’s the space between what you used to be great at and what your profession suddenly expects you to know. It’s a quiet, dangerous space. Not because people fall into it, but because they quietly age inside it. One day, Read More “Mentorship as Infrastructure”
We’re living in an educational golden age. Right now, there are more free and affordable ways to learn than ever before. You can go from beginner to expert in hundreds of fields—from graphic design to quantum physics—without setting foot in a traditional classroom. Sites like FreeCodeCamp, Khan Academy, and edX offer incredible content from some Read More “There’s Never Been a Better Time to Learn Something New: Introducing Path2Learn”
Redlining shaped America’s housing and financial systems for decades. Banks and developers systematically excluded Black and immigrant communities from wealth-building opportunities through discriminatory loan practices. That history left a legacy still visible in racial wealth gaps and economic disparities. Machine-learning models now shape access to capital and employment, but instead of eliminating bias, they often Read More “Who Gets the Keys? How AI is Deciding Who Can Buy a Home”
Millions of students lost more than just classroom time during the pandemic. Many lost confidence in their ability to learn. A child who once loved math now stares at a worksheet with uncertainty. A teenager who used to raise their hand in class now hesitates, afraid of getting the answer wrong. The disruption to education Read More “How AI is Restoring Confidence for Students Who Fell Behind During the Pandemic”
Rocket Companies’ $1.75 billion acquisition of Redfin isn’t just about selling more mortgages or real estate listings – it’s about owning the data behind every home search and sale. The deal fuses America’s largest mortgage lender with a major home-listing platform, instantly creating a one-stop shop for house-hunters. But make no mistake: this “seamless” platform Read More “The Real Estate Merger That Turns Homebuyers into a Product”
There are moments in history when nations must decide whether they will lead or follow. Today, the United States stands at a technological crossroads, and the CHIPS and Science Act is a linchpin in securing the country’s place as a leader in the digital age. But just as this bipartisan effort is beginning to bear Read More “Why the CHIPS Act is Critical for America’s Economic and Technological Future”
You ever wonder what happens to animals at a shelter? Well, I did. And like any normal person, instead of just asking someone, I built a machine learning model to predict it. Introducing my latest project: A machine learning app that analyzes seven years of shelter data from Long Beach and predicts whether an animal Read More “My Machine Learning Model Wants You to Adopt a Cat”