March 26, 2026
The weird physics of asteroids and crowd wisdom
In 2020, a spacecraft nearly got swallowed by an asteroid. There's an important lesson for all of us here.
The physics of living
I didn't set out to be a physicist. I set out to understand things — machines, systems, people, language, why some structures hold and others collapse. Turns out the same principles keep showing up everywhere. I've been working out seventeen of them. This is where I write about that.
March 26, 2026
In 2020, a spacecraft nearly got swallowed by an asteroid. There's an important lesson for all of us here.
March 23, 2026
Seventeen principles from every swamp, forest, and dead-end road I ever walked.
March 22, 2026
Looks like everyone's praying these days.
March 19, 2026
On the virtues of doing your own thing for your own reasons
March 15, 2026
Writing is a lonely existence. At the moment mine is lonelier than usual – my wife is being a mensch, living with a friend who just lost her husband –...