You Are The Algorithm is live!

A Companion essay is coming next, responding directly to President Trump's recent AI executive order

I am placing systems literacy in a longer civic conversation shaped by thinkers like Terry Vatter, Lynn Steen, and Francis Su.

You Are The Algorithm asks where agency still lives inside systems designed to steer us.

Through behavior loops, algorithmic swarms and Jiu Jitsu, it traces how individual power reappears when we learn to see, and interrupt, the patterns shaping our lives.

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Every app you use is learning your behavior.

Every habit you repeat is shaping the systems that shape us.

My upcoming essay explores behavior loops, AI swarms, and how ordinary people can reclaim agency in a world optimized for profit rather than clarity.

You Are the Algorithm
coming soon

Why I Write About Mathematics for Everyone

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What if algebra itself is an art of repair? From bone-setting to Japanese kintsugi, algebra reveals itself as a way to restore balance to our world both gently and as an act of rebellion.

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Meet the Platonic Solids: Geometry’s Original Superstars joymath.me/blog/platoni...

Fold the five Platonic solids while unfolding their history, mathematical uniqueness, and place in nature, art, and the cosmos. This is a hands-on adventure.

Katherine Johnson Didn’t Fit the Mold...And That’s How She Got Us to the Moon

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Math Is the Practice of Asking Better Questions: A Call to Let Go of Answer-Chasing and Embrace Math as the Deep Practice of Wonder

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Wind, wonder, and clever moves for curious minds of all ages. Check out Ben Orlin's Dandelion game on my site, the start of a collection of paper and pencil mathy games. Send your faves my way please!
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How Families and Communities Can Redefine Math Learning Beyond Institutions
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I hated math until I was 28. Now I teach it with love. Here's why.

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I'm excited to share with you the launch of JoyMath, my new business that invites you to cozy up with mathematics and transform your relationship with it, in order to grow confidence in all areas of your life. At this early stage I invite your feedback and connection.
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Launching my Website May 1st! Listening to The Let Them Theory by #MelRobbins who says I don’t have to be ready I, I just need to start.