There’s an old familiar moral twister that used to be taught in school: You see a trolley moving towards 5 people lying on the track. You can pull a lever to redirect the trolley and save the 5 people, but there is 1 person on the side track that would be killed. What do you … Read more
Our monkey brains guide our bodies through medieval governmental structures while manipulating the technology of the gods. This inherent tension creates endless contradictions, power struggles, and confusion in our world. There is little debate that technology rules commerce. Even governments fail to contain quantum leaps of technology. Uber famously decided to upend the taxicab industry … Read more
Every person who enters the Insurance Industry has probably been warned by their friends and family of the multitudes that have gone before them and either failed or become a fantastic success. There doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. And, one of the most important reasons for that dichotomy is the “rule” that to … Read more
This article originally appeared in AmBest in December of 2016. Recently, I had the opportunity to spend some time in Pittsburgh, PA. What is exciting about Pittsburgh you might ask? Autonomous Uber Vehicles! Typically, I drive myself around the city when I am visiting. The last few trips, I’ve been obsessively taking Uber to get … Read more
This article first appeared in Medium (here) and was published here with permission from the author Climate change has increased the frequency and intensity of wildfires in recent years. With the increased threat of wildfires, firefighters and other first responders need improved or new tools to better understand the extent and behavior of wildfires so that … Read more