Nate Golden·Feb 23A few thoughts on AI3,500 years ago human beings began to develop writing as a tool to store data and share stories. Over the last few millennia, language has…
Nate Golden·Jul 29, 2025On Living and GivingI find it quite humbling that not a single person on Earth knows how we got here. Scientists believe that our universe began with a large…
Nate Golden·Jun 15, 2025A Small Advocacy VictoryTrying to make the world a better place through altering public policy comes with very few and difficult to trace wins. And it appears that…
Nate Golden·Sep 30, 2024We have to try.There is immense suffering in the world. So much suffering that I don’t think I can fully capture it with pretty prose or long lists. But…A response icon1A response icon1
Nate Golden·Mar 12, 2023My 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…
Nate Golden·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…A response icon3A response icon3
Nate Golden·Sep 27, 2022What if Baltimore spent the national average on the police and reallocated the extra spending…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…
Nate Golden·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…A response icon2A response icon2
Nate Golden·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…
Nate Golden·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…