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Who Is Becoming a Texan?

Who Is Becoming a Texan?

SummaryTexas is both a place where native-born residents tend to remain and a destination for millions of people arriving from elsewhere in the United States and around the world. The article argues that the state's future may depend not simply on attracting...

Can AI Actually Help Me?

Can AI Actually Help Me?

SummaryArtificial intelligence becomes most useful when it helps people reconnect information scattered across calendars, email, documents and other systems. Drawing on a real client-review task, the article shows how AI can recover forgotten context, connect related...

Come Together: When AI Meets Quantum Computing in Texas

Come Together: When AI Meets Quantum Computing in Texas

SummaryArtificial intelligence and quantum computing are often portrayed as separate technological revolutions, but AI may help make practical quantum computing possible before quantum computers significantly enhance AI. The article explores how AI can assist with...

Letter to My Public Servants

Letter to My Public Servants

SummaryArtificial intelligence will be shaped not only by technology companies and elected leaders but also by public servants making routine decisions about permits, procurement, infrastructure, contracts, and community obligations. Drawing on experiences in Houston...

The Signal I Missed

The Signal I Missed

SummaryThis article argues that the future of artificial intelligence adoption may depend less on technical capability and more on whether people believe its environmental and societal costs are justified. Drawing on personal experiences, conversations with...

What Do We Call Texas Now?

SummaryThe article examines how Texas is evolving from an economy historically defined by oil and gas into one increasingly shaped by technology, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, and digital infrastructure. Through personal reflection, economic...

The Stock Market: The World’s Biggest Prediction Machine

The Stock Market: The World’s Biggest Prediction Machine

SummaryThe article explains how the stock market functions as a forward-looking prediction machine, with prices reflecting expectations about future earnings rather than current performance. Using examples from the dot-com bubble, artificial intelligence, energy...

The Fabric We Leave Behind

The Fabric We Leave Behind

SummaryThe Fabric We Leave Behind reflects on the connections between family, community, leadership, and technology through the author's personal experiences as an immigrant, entrepreneur, husband, and civic leader. The article argues that relationships,not technology...

What New York State Taught Me the Year I Left for Texas

What New York State Taught Me the Year I Left for Texas

SummaryThis article reflects on how economic change affected workers and communities in New York State during the IBM layoffs of the 1990s and connects that lesson to the current AI transition. It argues that AI is reshaping office work while also creating demand for...