The HiveSomeone recently asked me to come up with a concept for publishing that would fix some problems in the industry, so here it is. It is a…Apr 23, 20211Apr 23, 20211
A Publishing Industry Mystery is UnravelingHow strange it must have seemed to the authors of Oona out of Order and the Midnight Library that their books had so many unusual…Nov 29, 20201Nov 29, 20201
LIGO’s Delusions of GrandeurI remember being given Sea Monkeys as a Christmas present when I was a child. The package showed an amazing aquatic world inhabited by…Nov 26, 2020Nov 26, 2020
Artefacts of A Collapsing IndustryJ.K. Rowling’s first novel was rejected twenty-two times, but this doesn’t help you understand the present-day publishing climate.Nov 21, 2020Nov 21, 2020
How to Destroy TalentI recently read a story about how the fastest girl in America was broken down by a training regimen designed by idiots and it reminded me…Mar 29, 2020Mar 29, 2020
Truth and BeautyWhy do we find truth beautiful? This question gets to the heart of how people give meaning to their lives. We see a complex world and try…Nov 14, 2019Nov 14, 2019
The Shocking Treatment of Three Naomis[trigger warning: this is about traumatic medical treatments]Nov 14, 2019Nov 14, 2019
Chain FountainsIf you are looking for real-life magic, check out a chain fountain. When a lightweight chain or string of beads falls out of a jar, the…Oct 26, 2019Oct 26, 2019
There and Back Again... A Physicist’s TaleI am going to explain how gravity is related to the quantum uncertainty principle, but to motivate this explanation, I first need to…Oct 26, 2019Oct 26, 2019