Some things I’ve been thinking about — Addresses I moved recently. When I did so, I filled out a form on the postal service website informing that I had changed addresses and asking them to forward all mail intended for me to the new mailbox. Normal enough. But if you think about it, this service is a privacy…

Some things I’ve been thinking about — Why we will all become historians In college, I studied Classics. I studied the languages, literature, cultures, and governments of Ancient Rome and Greece (super practical, I know). But I loved it. The joy of this study, for me, was the never ending quest for the truth, for the reality of what life looked like in…

I started my career on the chaos of a trading desk. Every day was a hectic sprint of executing buys and sells, managing risk, and keeping up with headlines to reach market close every day. One of the joys of being a junior trader was that, at the end of…

Some things I’ve been thinking about — Oh doctor, doctor People are seeking health and wellness education, solutions, and care increasingly outside of the doctor’s office. There are a lot of dynamics contributing to this. At the time that I posted this, there were a lot of dynamics and trends on my mind. Some of these are causes of…

Some things I’ve been thinking about — Self-fulfilling prophecies Over the weekend, my friend Emily Parker published a piece of short fiction in Slate about a hellish utopia in which everything is verifiable on “the blockchain” — or at least that’s what the inhabitants of her world are led to believe. Highly recommend. Emily (and the good people at…

Some things I’ve been thinking about — Is that true? Yesterday was MLK day. I spent the day mostly working, but also made time to go on a hike with some friends and — of course — reflect on the meaning of the day as I scrolled through social media posts about MLK’s legacy. And then I came across this…

Some things I’ve been thinking about — 1. To everything (churn, churn, churn) In particular, I’ve been thinking about why I churn off of some apps and not others (and why many of you do too). …

Some things I’ve been thinking about — 1. The IRL Social Experience — The Wing. Soho House. Ethel’s Club. Chief. What’s old is new again. As our social lives have migrated online over the last decade, it seems increasingly novel to create a dedicated, physical place to meet — and meet up with — others . A confluence of factors (disillusionment with FB…

What Collaboration Tools Can Learn From the Trading Floor — Collaboration tools. So hot right now. A friend called them “catnip for venture capital” to me earlier this week. With recent seed rounds in the space pulling in $30+ million valuations, he might not be wrong. But, look, those valuations also might be justified. This is big business, as…