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After listening to the latest episode of Pod Save America (and coincidentally my first episode of PSA) I'm convinced now more than ever, that connected coffee makers are such a waste of time. It's not that they're bad. They're neat. But let's channel our smart people to think about how to fix our country, not …

Can we measure HDI for US States?

Should I give it a shot? I'm not sure data will be granular enough, but here we go. From wikipedia:  Looks like the 2010+ method incorporates inequality into the income index, whereas I thought it actually had the Gini coefficient in it. Going to have to look into this more, as the inequality piece is extremely …

Beginnings (or continuations)

Beginnings are hard. But here it goes. Channeling Lessig. We need to hold our elected officials accountable. We need to combine data to show the American public that our elected officials work for us (even if they don't right now.) Is your official voting for you? If they are, great! Go to #2 If your …

Love This MLK Quote

Great quote that's been floating around. Super relevant to ACA conversations today. The question is - how do we educate folks about this with regard to ACA and other issues today? We can't let people live thinking that 'only black people get welfare'!     Whenever the government provides opportunities and privileges for white people …

Hello World (v3)

This is the excerpt for your very first post.