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You know what great? A 6 year old who doesn’t know you’re there walking by singing Eminem’s Guess Who’s Back. #WorldsOkayestDad

A deputy CISO absolutely has to know that fixing code is not the same as deploying code, and there's literally nothing happening in 18 months that is going to change that for 90% of the companies out there.

I read this to my wife and she suggested I should maybe throttle it back a bit, sounds a little harsh...

A deputy CISO absolutely has to know that fixing code is not the same as deploying code, and there's literally nothing happening in 18 months that is going to change that for 90% of the companies out there.

Ok, great - NOW CONGRESS NEEDS TO FIND OUT WHY THE FUCK WE STOPPED WARNING UKRAINE OF INCOMING ATTACKS IN THE FIRST FUCKING PLACE.

So, I've been arguing with economists today... Specifically, about whether $30k in medical debt can be life-changing for someone in their early 20s. Apparently, because the average person earns a couple million dollars over their lifetime, $30k isn't that big a deal. 1/n

I think there's a broader problem here. You can get so caught up in a theory, a model, or a study that you stop thinking critically about whether it actually applies to the problem you're trying to understand. You can also very easily lose site of the real people this impacts. 10/n

So, I've been arguing with economists today... Specifically, about whether $30k in medical debt can be life-changing for someone in their early 20s. Apparently, because the average person earns a couple million dollars over their lifetime, $30k isn't that big a deal. 1/n

But there's still a pretty important gap. How much of the long-term damage comes from the medical debt itself, versus the illness? And how does that change for someone who's 22, has little savings, and suddenly owes $30k? The research doesn't give us a clean answer to those questions. 8/n

So, I've been arguing with economists today... Specifically, about whether $30k in medical debt can be life-changing for someone in their early 20s. Apparently, because the average person earns a couple million dollars over their lifetime, $30k isn't that big a deal. 1/n

I'm not disputing the studies. I'm disputing what people are trying to infer from them. Winning the lottery isn't the same thing as going into medical debt, and having flood insurance pay off your mortgage isn't either. You can't just ignore those differences because the numbers look similar. 6/n

So, I've been arguing with economists today... Specifically, about whether $30k in medical debt can be life-changing for someone in their early 20s. Apparently, because the average person earns a couple million dollars over their lifetime, $30k isn't that big a deal. 1/n

Compare that to someone who's 45, makes $200k a year, and has $100k sitting in savings. It's the same $30k medical bill. For one person, it's an inconvenience. For the other, it could change the next decade of their life. I feel like that should be pretty obvious to people. 4/n

So, I've been arguing with economists today... Specifically, about whether $30k in medical debt can be life-changing for someone in their early 20s. Apparently, because the average person earns a couple million dollars over their lifetime, $30k isn't that big a deal. 1/n

I understand the argument. If you spread $30k over 40 years of earnings, it doesn't seem like a large amount of money. But that's a pretty strange way to look at the finances of someone who's 22, making $40k a year, and suddenly owes $30k in medical bills. 2/n