“If we engaged kids in the problems facing schools, and gave them access to design tools, they might imagine a learning experience they would be more likely to engage in and commit to.”

“First, I’ve become more uncertain about various dimensions of GOP ideology over time.  It’s simply impossible for me to look at the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the 2008 financial crisis and not ponder the myriad ways in which my party has made some categorical errors in judgment.   So I’m a bigger fan of the politics of doubt during an era when doubt has been banished in political discourse.”

The mere possibility of being interrupted deters hackers from starting hard projects. This is why they tend to work late at night, and why it’s next to impossible to write great software in a cubicle (except late at night).

“This contradicts one of the central tenets of the War on Drugs, which is that the psychopharmacological effects of drug use lead to criminal behavior. Most studies show that it’s in fact the competition of an unregulated market that encourages the majority of violent crime.”

The education revolution has begun.

the tics of an increasingly hungry mind.

Rips Apple’s “taste” in an incomprehensible academic jargony way.

OAK has the lowest % of cancelled flights of any airport in the country. And yet, I’ve managed to have a cancelled flight out of OAK totally screw up my vacation.