Before Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and even AT&T, there was America. America’s seven principal founders — Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, and Jay — did much more than frame and write the U.S. Constitution. They created a new country and led it through its rough infancy to the foundation of the richest, most powerful nation inContinue reading “Politicians Are The Original Founders”
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The Black Bottom Challenge
Idea: Celebrate the history of Black Bottom by investing in the next generation of Detroit leaders. Problem: Current middle and high schoolers don’t see startups, politics, etc. as real career paths. Solution: Create $10K-100K scholarship programs for rising star students in Metro Detroit. Partners: Leverage top centers to give students access to the best facultyContinue reading “The Black Bottom Challenge”
The Positive Politics Accelerator
Idea: An accelerator to help ambitious optimists get into activism and politics. MVP: A working retreat this summer in Washington DC. ~10 ambitious optimists living together for one week, each sprinting toward a specific mission in activism and/or politics. Success for our first class would mean each fellow creates one bill, pilot, campaign, or reportContinue reading “The Positive Politics Accelerator”
Lowercase Politics
“There are two distinct ways to be politically moderate: on purpose and by accident.“— Paul Graham, The Two Kinds of Moderate, December 2019 What is the opposite of partisan politics? Where everything isn’t defined by Red vs. Blue, or labeled D, R, or I? I call it lowercase politics. A mix of small “l” liberal, smallContinue reading “Lowercase Politics”
How Revolutions Really Start
What Modern Protesters Can Learn From The American Revolution If you watch Ken Burns’ The American Revolution documentary, it’s shocking how okay most early American colonists were with being ruled by the British. Sure, there were protests in colonial America, but most colonists were willing to remain British subjects as long as they got representationContinue reading “How Revolutions Really Start”
A Positive Agenda for America
People > Politics Our politics really is rigged. But it’s not rigged by some shadowy conspiracy. It’s rigged by money. Billionaires are now spending 39 times more on federal elections since Citizens United in 2010. Most politicians are loyal to their donors, not you. They’re more worried about losing their campaign funds than losing votes.Continue reading “A Positive Agenda for America”
In Defense of Effective Altruism
The Worst Form of Ethics, Except For All The Others This would’ve been a lot easier in August 2022. Flash forward 15 months, and the EA movement is in trouble. RIP: Effective Altruism (2011-2023). Right? “The measure of a man’s life is not the number of his breaths, but the action he takes.” – AristotleContinue reading “In Defense of Effective Altruism”
Abolish The Electoral College
We Need to Directly Elect Presidents Summary: Idea: A constitutional amendment to directly elect presidents by popular vote. Problem: The Electoral College has been corrupted by the two-party system. Trend: We’re about to have the least popular presidential election ever. History: We’ve been close to abolishing the Electoral College but never got it done. Solution:Continue reading “Abolish The Electoral College”
Y Combinator for Politics
An accelerator for rising stars in politics Idea: The best network in politics. Open to all. Problem: There are only two current paths into US politics: Solution: Create an accelerated path into politics for ambitious optimists. Solving The Politics Problem “You say you want a revolutionWell, you knowWe’d all love to change the world” — JohnContinue reading “Y Combinator for Politics”
Effective Immigration
This is Solution #6 on my list of The World’s Biggest Problems. Introduction Note: I’m American, so I mostly wrote this post from a US perspective. I’ve also cited European and World statistics to show that effective immigration would be a net-positive for any country. The Economic Case for Immigration: The Moral Case for Immigration:Continue reading “Effective Immigration”