Life
On Turning 50
Half a century. That’s the joke. On my 10th birthday, I was in Florida, likely celebrating at a bowling alley or go-kart track after a move from Houston to Boca Raton. I’d only enrolled at that school the year before, Read more…
Science
The Doom of AI
When ChatGPT crept into my life in 2023, I raised an eyebrow. Was this a gimmicky tool, or was it real AI? I started working it into every facet of my life, from work to fun projects to my finances to legal help to planning trips. The more I used it, the more impressed I became. This was for real. When Claude, Gemini, and Grok surged as competing models and all the tech giants publicly climbed on board, I knew this was a really big deal. (more…)
Stories
A History of the Nyveen Family
The Nyveen family traces its origins to the northern Netherlands, in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe, where both the name and the family itself appear to have taken shape in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. The name Read more…
Science
The Future Evolution of Humans
My daughter, who’s been getting curious about how evolution shaped all the animals on Earth, including us, recently asked me if humans are still evolving. I thought the answer was no. For most of life’s history, organisms with traits that Read more…
Science
What Will Happen in the Next 10 Years?
While having a discussion with friends about the accelerating advance of technology, I was asked what I think will happen in society in the next 10 years. I came up with three big things I believe will shape the next decade more than anything else: AI, population collapse, and climate change. (more…)