The Case for Slow Tech in a Fast-Changing Ocean
I work in a world obsessed with speed. Faster data. Faster deployment. Faster returns. In tech circles, speed is treated like a moral good. If you are not moving fast, you are falling behind. That mindset may work for apps and software updates, but it breaks down quickly when applied to the ocean. The ocean […]
Living Shorelines vs. Concrete Coasts: Why Nature Is the Best Engineer We’ve Ever Ignored
I grew up in a fishing town where the shoreline was never still. Tides rose and fell, storms reshaped beaches, and salt marshes quietly did their work without anyone calling it infrastructure. As a kid, I did not think of those places as systems or defenses. They were just part of life. It took years […]