I originally shared this on LinkedIn in May 2015. Preserving it here. Tonight, Elon Musk made the announcement that Tesla will begin selling home and utility-scale battery packs this year, 2015. This is the most meaningful shove toward a better future that I can imagine — in fact, I wrote…

Originally published January 23, 2019 by New American Economy Given that 54 percent of our federal discretionary spending is allocated to national security, the tie between our economy and military strength is pronounced.1 The degree to which immigration underpins both is substantial and underrated. …

The average global citizen consumes half the energy of a UK resident, who consumes half the energy of an American, who consumes two-thirds the energy of a typical Texan. –Dr. Michael Webber, Power Trip (paraphrased) Today, 55% of the global population lives in urban areas. The UN expects this number…

America’s tangled knot of an immigration policy comes up short in many ways that harm the economy and hinder our technological competitiveness. …

I’m not sold on the value of user personas, at least not the way they’re commonly used. Don’t get me wrong, personas can be useful in theory, but in practice the personas I’ve seen in the wild have been unexamined implementations of generic templates. So many templates. …

So you received an offer for a role you’re excited about, but the compensation isn’t what you’d hoped? I was in the same boat a few years back. The following script from my friend Nikil Viswanathan helped me increase my base salary by 77% while keeping equity the same. Please…

Working in climate, I’m often asked why I care about climate change. My honest answer: because there are no aliens. Yes, I’m serious. It starts with the Fermi Paradox, which asks: if there are billions of stars with billions of planets, shouldn’t Life be somewhat common? That being the case…