Violence is never the answer
but is always the answer the system provides
the definition of words in relation to power
the definition of violence and who gets to use it and how
John Green on Tuberculosis at the UN
John Green's speech at the United Nations High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis. Let's get the cure to where the disease is.
What’s your (sur)name? Intergenerational mobility over six centuries
This column challenges this view by comparing tax records for family dynasties (identified by surname) in Florence, Italy in 1427 and 2011. The top earners among the current taxpayers were…
Harvey Weinstein and the Economics of Consent
The blunt power of the gatekeeper is the ability to enforce not just artistic, but also financial, exile. It’s not these bad men. Or that dirty industry. It’s this inhumane…
How I Missed Out On Over $350,000 Working in Technology
It’s been a weird and windy road since my 11-year-old-self lost a chess match to an IBM 360 in 1970. Let me be upfront about this — my degree is…