Anecdotes, appreciations, and appropriately cynical takes on current events, foreign affairs, and whatever else grabs my attention.
Former American diplomat, aspiring responsible citizen, and occasionally recovering cynic trying to make sense of the madness through lens of life and service in Latin America, East Asia, Western Europe and Washington DC.
Writer. Academic philosopher. Writing about philosophy, psychology, evolution, politics, artificial intelligence, and more.
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