I've been helping a friend evaluate a list of business ideas. At first glance, all of the ideas sounded viable, so to dive in further, I wanted a framework that…

There's no need to spend a bunch of time restating the obvious: it is not possible to use the stock version of any social media experience in a healthy way.…

In 2018, I was diagnosed with unipolar mania, a rare form of bipolar disorder where my brain experiences only the positive cycle of the bipolar curve — mania, with little…

The story starts, like all great stories, with a nasal endoscopy. There I was, sitting in an otolaryngologist's office, complaining of copious mucus, sinus pressure, and occasional headaches. In my…

Ed Charrier (second row, orange jacket) was an Austin-based ultimate (frisbee) player in the early 1990s. (Those familiar with contemporary ultimate may recognize the last name in Ed's niece, Diana…

In 2015, I founded the Bauhaus, a purposefully non-ideological, (semi)intentional living community here in Oakland. I was given the opportunity to write a case study about it for Supernuclear, a…

Prior to mid-March I had spent the six years I lived in Oakland either playing competitive team sports, going to the gym, or doing some other group outdoor athletic activity.…