Posts tagged with Thoughts
Tech Savvy Stasis
The other day, my dad forwarded me a screenshot of a Google Gemini-generated summary: some way, somehow, the capital gains tax rate for people over 55 can be 0%. Now, I'll grant that much of his excitement…
An Environment of Trust
About 2 years ago, a mini-banking crisis eventually caused several mid-sized banks to become insolvent and fail: the most notable being Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and First Republic Bank (FRB). It was a classic bank run—too many…
Follow-through
Do what you said you'd do. …that's pretty much it. That is: when you agree to something, it translates into commitment, so honoring that commitment—as minor or inconsequential as it may be—is less common…
Year in Review — 2024
Year in Review posts are some of my favorite posts to write. They're the encapsulation of this blog's namesake: to create the space for retrospection, taking deliberate time to mull over events past to help inform…
Exaggeration for Grievance
One rhetorical device I'll sometimes use is "exaggeration for effect." It's just another way of employing hyperbole, which is less about the precision of the description, but to create an outsized impression to make…
A Kiddom Retrospective
When I left my role at Mystery Science in the summer of 2021, I was left…a bit wanting. I expressly wanted to explore the EdTech space as my kids came of schooling age, but my role didn't…
