Eight years ago, I had finished my first year of graduate school in math, and I was at a loss as to what to research.  My original focus, d...

This post is not about science. I'm writing this because the horrific news out of Ferguson, Missouri—the killing of an unarmed man ...

My friend Daria Roithmayr alerted me to a working paper of Brian Arthur laying out a vision for a new approach to studying economics.  Br...

The project of science is largely about asking why things happen.  We seek causal explanations: Why do planets follow elliptical orbits? W...

You may not be aware of it, but there is a battle afoot in the theory of evolution.  The fight is over inclusive fitness theory—an approach...

I've been on a kick lately of re-reading my old favorite fantasy novels. I started with some of Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronic...

I'm a mathematician who studies evolution. I'm also a person who thinks about how people can find meaning and purpose in their live...