Writing: Opinion, Academic, and Non-Fiction
Legacies of Eugenics Series: The Correlation Between Statistics and Eugenics. July 18, 2024
LA REVIEW OF BOOKS
New York Times
Columbia University Press
Boston Globe Ideas
Nautilus
How Eugenics Shaped Statistics. Issue 92, October, 2020 (cover story)
Curio
How Eugenics Shaped Statistics (audio version). November 2020
Boston Globe Ideas
Democrats, learn to stop worrying and love the brinkmanship. October 9, 2020
Boston Globe Ideas
When it comes to asteroids and other calamities, time might be on our side. September 24, 2020
The numbers of prison reform depend on how you count. August 28, 2020
Boston Globe Ideas
Institute of Art and Ideas
You are not an exception. August 25, 2020
Boston Globe Ideas
What does a negative coronavirus test really reveal? July 22, 2020
Boston Globe Ideas
The statistical paradox of police killings. June 11, 2020
Boston Globe Ideas
There isn’t one true coronavirus death rate. May 28, 2020
Boston Globe Ideas
Coronavirus caveat: Beware easy predictions. May 8, 2020
To Beat COVID-19, Think Like a Fighter Pilot. March 19, 2020
Nautilus
How to Predict Extreme Weather. November 21, 2019
Nautilus
Nautilus
The Flawed Reasoning Behind the Replication Crisis. August 1, 2019
Quantitative Finance
Nautilus
Nassim Taleb’s Case Against Nate Silver Is Bad Math. April 8, 2019
Nautilus
How to Improve Political Forecasts. March 21, 2019
International Journal of Approximate Reasoning
More Than Just The Numbers. October 7, 2015
Pacific Standard
Pacific Standard
The Singularity Could Destroy Us All. September 3, 2014