Mar 12My Madness: Penn State BasketballOn March 16th, the Penn State men’s basketball team will take to the court to face Texas A&M in the opening round of the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament. To many, this game is merely one of forty-eight in the tournament, a fleeting moment in the grand scheme of college…Penn State20 min readPenn State20 min read
Dec 6, 2022Could AGI render capitalism obsolete?Note: While the ideas in this blog post are my own, the majority of the words were written with assistance of Assistant, an AI trained by OpenAI. You can interact with the Assistant here. Artificial intelligence, or AI, refers to the ability of a computer or machine to mimic intelligent…Artificial Intelligence5 min readArtificial Intelligence5 min read
Sep 27, 2022What if Baltimore spent the national average on the police and reallocated the extra spending towards a universal child benefit?In 2023, Baltimore City will spend more than $1,000 per resident on policing. That is more than any major city in the country. According to the Vera Institute the national average is about $350 per resident, meaning Baltimore spends an additional $650 per person on policing. Despite these large investments…Police4 min readPolice4 min read
Aug 21, 2022Every decision is a math problemThis summer I was fortunate enough to spend a month in Peru traveling with my partner Emily and a few of our friends. While staying in Lima, we took a day trip out to the Huacachina sand dunes. The tour included a dune buggy ride through the desert and sandboards…Philosophy4 min readPhilosophy4 min read
Jun 29, 2021A Time in TaiwanDue to the coronavirus, I arrived in Taiwan 5 months later than originally planned. Fulbright scholarships typically last about a year, but mine was reduced to 7 months and now that Covid-19 has come to Taiwan, I left early so it only ended up being a 6-month experience. …Taiwan12 min readTaiwan12 min read
Jun 27, 2021On Charter SchoolsHere is an explainer about charter schools I wrote in 2019. I think it still mostly holds up. But if I was going to write something similar today I would probably find a place to talk about anti-poverty policies being a tool to increase education. But outside of anti-poverty programs…Education11 min readEducation11 min read
Feb 11, 2021Lessons from Taiwan: National Health InsuranceSoon I will receive my National Health Insurance (NHI) card from the Taiwan government. I’m pretty excited about this because if you had to make a case for which country in the world has the best healthcare policy, it would be pretty easy to make a strong argument for Taiwan…Taiwan5 min readTaiwan5 min read
Jan 28, 2021Rest in Peace JamaridJamarid Robinson, one of my former students, was murdered yesterday. He was just 15 years old. I taught Jamarid for the 2019–2020 school year. While he had a tumultuous relationship with school he was a clever young kid who was incredibly loyal to his friends. I loved Jamarid like I…BlackLivesMatter3 min readBlackLivesMatter3 min read
Jan 17, 2021The hidden force that rules the world“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!” ― Miguel…Critical Thinking6 min readCritical Thinking6 min read
Published inEffective Giving·Jan 15, 2021My 2021 New Years ResolutionMy 2021 New Years Resolution is to get 3 people to join me in signing the Giving What We Can Pledge. Below I explain the what, when, why, who, and how of the pledge. So give it a read, and see if you’re ready to sign. What — The Giving…Effective Altruism6 min readEffective Altruism6 min read
