Different by Design
Brian AbelObservations, rants and random musings - don’t pay for my writing. I’m not set up for it and I am not looking for it. I share because God prompts me.
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A Tribute to Trump
I have no interest in writing another article about Donald Trump.
There are already enough of those.
This is about something older than American politics: the desire of powerful people to turn themselves into monuments—and what happens to...
The Great Data Debate
The Data Center Problem Is Not Whether We Need Them
A few years ago, I might have thought of a data center as a rather specialized piece of infrastructure. A large building somewhere, filled with computers, servers and cooling equipment, d...
Playing poker with Meta
Think of social media like a casino. The platform controls the odds, manages the payout, and designs the environment so that the house always wins. Every notification, feed update, and like is a carefully calibrated nudge, keeping users eng...
Hey Meta, this is for you
Pitch: Digital Restraint Incentive System (DRIS)
Problem Statement
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Social media platforms exploit human psychology to maximize engagement, creating addictive loops and predictable behavior patterns.
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Vulnerable populations—especia...
The Bear Keeps Getting Bigger
In our last discussion, we looked at the bear in the backyard — the organization we feed because it solves a real problem. But what happens when the bear grows bigger? Once the immediate problem is addressed, the organization often seeks to...
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Over time, my writing has moved from reaction toward reflection — from naming problems to thinking about repair. I’m increasingly interested in ethics, faith, institutions, and the slow, generational work that sustains a healthy society.
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