My goal in politics is to help Democrats build a “durable majority”. That is to say I want to help elect enough Democrats over a long enough period of time so meaningful policy to be enacted. The most prominent example that comes to mind is the amazing run of social and economic victories by the…

I remember reading a story of a man who studied math who went on to be a oncologist. The Doctor’s non-medical training might seem to be circumstantial but he was able to use the lens of calculus to help his patients. For instance, thinking about the rate of change of the size of a tumor,…

I am not the most bullish person out there on AI. However, it seems like it will displace a meaningful number of jobs. For instance, entry level software engineering, seem to already be meaningfully affected. If tech CEOs are correct and the agentic future is coming I think there is a lot of work that…

As of 4/2/26 the United States Senate is still considering the SAVE Act, a foolish bill largely being pushed to appease Donald Trump over his lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him. There are a lot of parts of this bill and Trump’s agenda, but I wanted to write about one part of…

Ever since I graduated high school and moved out of the Bay Area, nothing has made me more nostalgic for home than a foggy day. I always imagine a mountain-being, like Te Fiti in Moana, pulling up a fog blanket because it’s just a little too chilly. A lot of people (my girlfriend included) see…

Over the last few months we have seen many essential American institutions bend the knee to Trump. Columbia among other schools have caved to ridiculous demands, major law firms, including the largest in the world by revenue, have made it clear they’ll do Trump’s bidding and businesses aren’t using their leverage to do anything except…

A lot of people have been thinking pretty hard about how we got here for a few months now and there isn’t any clear one reason. There are myriad factors that I have seen plenty of people point to. Some blame strategic mistakes, others global economic conditions, and many point backlash to Obama. I think…

One of the interesting parts of my job is I get an inside look on the activist class of the Democratic party. I’m in chats and slacks with a lot of the people who do the work of making the Democratic party function. Often times this is interesting, but since Tuesday night it has been…

Like many Americans I decided to watch Veep over the last month! As far as political shows go I certainly think its one of the closest to the truth. However, I don’t think it’s right about everything. Specifically, it portrays nearly every politician as an awful, self interested jerk with no interest in anything other…

As of now the polling is quite rough for Biden. He is losing in most swing states, and has a poor approval rating. Election modelers vary in how much they think Trump leads with the most optimistic, 538, placing the race as a tossup. What’s worse is I think the 538 model is rosier than…