How Confirmation Bias Hijacks Our Thinking — And What We Can Actually Do About It
There’s a truth I keep coming back to, one that’s uncomfortable to admit and even harder to escape: I am not immune to confirmation bias. None of us are. It’s not just a flaw in “other people,” or the ones we disagree with, or the caricatures that show up in our feeds. It’s a human […]
It’s not every day you get a LinkedIn notification telling you that someone from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has viewed your profile.
But that’s exactly what happened. The person was based in Washington, D.C. I don’t know why he visited my profile. Maybe it was a routine browse. Maybe he has a child or relative on the autism spectrum. Maybe my name came up in a feed, a report, or a conversation. Maybe it was simply curiosity. […]
Bombs, Budgets, and Blame: What We Could Fund If We Stopped Worshipping War
We’re told there’s no money. Not enough for Medicaid. Not enough for public schools. Not enough for trained communication partners for non‑speaking kids. Not enough for clean water or mental health services. But somehow—there’s always enough for war. In 2024, the U.S. dropped nearly $1 trillion – an obscene $997 billion – on its military, accounting […]
The Choice To Keep The Heart Alive
There’s a line in The Breakfast Club that’s always stuck with me: “When you grow old, your heart dies.” It’s tossed out like a bitter joke. A cynical truth. Something you’re supposed to smirk at and move on. But under that line lives a much deeper, more unsettling question: Is the death of the heart […]