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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?
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...
How Google’s Latest Search Updates Are Changing SEO and GEO
SummaryGoogle's expansion of AI Overviews and AI Mode is changing how users interact with search results and how organizations measure online visibility. As more searches are answered directly within Google's search experience, traditional SEO increasingly overlaps...
What Is Strategic Communications? A Guide for Public Organizations
SummaryStrategic communications helps public organizations connect every message to a specific organizational goal, audience, channel, and measurable outcome. For governments, school districts, public health departments, and other civic institutions, a strategic...
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
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
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...
If You’re Worried About an AI Bubble, Here’s What You Should Really Watch in Your 401(k)
SummaryThe article examines how artificial intelligence is driving unprecedented investment in physical infrastructure, including data centers, energy, and engineering, while increasing interest in expanding private-market investments into 401(k) retirement plans....
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...
