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  1. How to Choose a Bicycle

    The paradox of choice is a plague upon anyone in the market to purchase a bicycle. The key is to ignore the noise and choose a bike that has the highest chance of actually being ridden.

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  2. Resellers Are Not the Problem

    Whether it’s event tickets, collectibles, or some other hot item, resellers often acquire a significant portion of the supply. This leaves genuine customers unable to purchase the things they actually want at face value. People who are rightfully upset at this situation typically villainize the resellers, and propose solutions targeting them directly. However unpopular it is to say so, the resellers are not the root of the problem. Targeting them is not the answer.

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  3. K-pop Photo Cards

    An examination of how K-pop fans express their fandom and come together as a community thanks to photo cards.

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  4. The Rhetoric That Derails Good Faith Public Policy Discussions

    Even well meaning people acting in good faith often fall into rhetorical traps when discussing public policy. By recognizing and pointing them out, we can more easily achieve consensus and remove roadblocks to improving society somewhat.

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  5. SkyBox NBA

    An examination of the life of a child, and the history of basketball, in the early ’90s through the lens of SkyBox NBA basketball cards.

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  6. Tally-Ho

    An exploration of the history, design, and my deep personal connection to Andrew Dougherty’s Tally-Ho playing cards.

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  7. Introduction

    Card Conscious is a video series exploring every kind of card, the stories they have to tell, and the connections they form between people. I am making this video series because it is exactly the kind of media I wish to see more of.

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  8. AI

    LLMs, neural networks, and other machine learning techniques of today are not AI. I do my best to avoid calling them that. For something to be truly AI it must be a non-biological man-made organism that has intelligence and consciousness akin to an animal or human. A large data model is not that, and never will be. The set of technologies that people are calling “AI” do have appropriate and ethical use cases. This all exploded when Google built a system to win at the game of Go. Nothing wrong…

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