Our Consumption Model Is Broken. Here’s How To Build A New One.

Imagining a better consumption model…

Donald Trump in the Age of Cynicism

A model for understanding what’s going on today

The Gun Argument That’s Not Even Wrong

Why the “Founders’ Intent” doesn’t matter

“What was the Founders’ intent?”

This is a favorite question for people to ask when discussing the Constitution — especially the Second…

Moving Beyond Silicon Valley Software Companies

We need a new financing model to build new, better companies

We’ve Not Thought Through the Legal and Ethical Disruption of Augmented Reality

Let’s not repeat the mistakes we made with social media

Shift Forum Reads

Satya Nadella, Empath.

Hate Management books? Me too. But Nadella’s Hit Refresh is a worthy call to arms not only to his troops, but to business overall.

Capitalism at Its Worst: The Opioid Crisis

A major investigation exposes an inhuman calculus of greed

Thoughts on Medium

NewCo and I are very invested in Medium — we very much want it to thrive. Here are a few suggestions that might make it better.

Shift Reads

Will We Survive This New Gilded Age?

From Pittsburgh to Palo Alto, with Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward ringing in my ears.

After On Podcast Episode #13

Medium Targets 10 Million Paying Members in 5 Years

And no, I DON’T think Ev has lost his mind