Thanks Larry! Honestly I am much newer to the data science end of things than I am to the political and economic pieces of the puzzle, so appreciate the note and the sentiments. It’s kind of funny: I started out as a numbers nerd who inadvertently got pulled into a career as a words nerd, and now I’m coming back full circle in an incredibly exciting time on the cusp of the big data explosion. Fun stuff — though definitely has opened my eyes a lot more to the dangers of “misleading with statistics”… :)

Thanks again for taking the time and also very much appreciated our earlier convo re: the national debt — there may be hope for civil conversation in this world yet! :D