I'm a New Media entrepreneur in New York City. I create things to make our government more efficient, and our democracy more transparent.

Formerly: Intelligence analyst to the U.S. Government
Currently: Tech consultant to the U.S. Intelligence Community
Founder: ReadableLaws.org and Speechology.org

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Personal Democracy Forum and TechPresident recently sponsored an essay contest: When the Framers met in Philadelphia in 1787, they bravely conjured a new form of self-government. But they couldn't have imagined a mass society with instantaneous, many-to-many communications or many of the other innovations of modernity. So, replacing that quill pen with a mouse, imagine that you have to power to redesign American democracy for the Internet Age. What would you do? Below is my blue sky response. It's also here. ====== The House of Representatives should expand to make room for a new at-large delegation: the Delegation for Future Interests (DFI). These seats will be restricted to scientists and people under 35. The representatives will be elected by ...