Why Curiosity

Life Update - 2026 Edition

The Great US Paper Shortage of 2022 (that never was)

An analysis of the causes of increased US paper prices in 2022

FUZZY LOGIC: Could MacGyver Solve Boring Problems?

Crisis-driven innovation occurs when high-pressure and high-stakes problems converge and demand a solution in a limited period.

Empty Cars Do Not Represent Progress

Autonomous vehicle technology is not an all-or-nothing gambit.

FUZZY LOGIC: A Novel “Innovation Archetype Matrix” To Guide Government, Corporate, and Nonprofit Innovation Efforts

A new functional framework for innovation that aims to describe four “archetypes” of innovation based on figures in popular culture.

FUZZY LOGIC: What the National Institutes of Health Can Learn from the 3 Body Problem

Using challenge awards can speed up the rate of problem-solving, leverage compelling incentives, and more efficiently expend finite resources.

Debugging and Optimizing the Modern Workplace

This is the “unedited transcript” of a talk I gave at a Boye & Co event in Brooklyn, NY on May 8, 2019, after being asked to give a talk the day before. The actual talk included many questions and answers and helpful anecdotes and insights from many of those attending.

Proverbs 13: Blind Items

What would society look like if we were obsessed with wise people?

Proverbs 8: The Truth And Nothing But The Truth

So help me, Wisdom