My transition to stop writing anything related to mathematics began with the release of my final math book, Chasing Rabbits: A Curious Guide to a Lifetime of Mathematical Wellness. …

At the moment, I live in several different universes. I live in one where there is tension to reform math education in a way that honors the the stories, events, and people of the history of mathematics — to make the learning/teaching of mathematics more expansive and welcoming to the…

“Life exists only at this very moment, and in this moment it is infinite and eternal. For the present moment is infinitely small; before we can measure it, it has gone, and yet it persists forever.” — Become What You Are, Alan Watts The sum of one’s life sits in…

This past week, an article written by Ted Gioia, Is Old Music Killing New Music appeared in The Atlantic. I wasn’t exactly thrilled by the simplistic title, but I thought I would give it my full attention to see why the musical sky was falling for new artists. Everything in…

2021. My third math book came out. Every thought, emotion, and story that I needed to share about the world of mathematics through writing had been done. I wasn’t sad. I was excited. …

Chasing Rabbits was my last math book. And this blog, will be my last one regarding mathematics. The reality is, that for me, I have nothing more to write about this subject in a macro, philosophical sphere beyond our own need and desire for wellness. I will still be giving…

The entire history of mathematics has been about slow, repeated failure — leaving a glorious residue of misconceptions, incorrect ideas, and broken proofs. That is the only story of mathematics, and it perfectly encapsulates the collective humanness which has stained thousands of years of exploration. Our own stories are just…

Black Lives Matter was not a “2020” thing. Just being conservative, it is the third decade of the 21st century thing. Unfortunately, the pandemic has wiped out almost 2 years of in-person conferences. …

Winning has been on of the most entrenched ideas in North American culture. You can’t win if you don’t achieve. Even if you don’t win — or worse, don’t want to win — it’s hard to escape the culture of performance and production. That these things can be measured is…