The fax machine is undefeated
American healthcare still runs on 1980s paper plumbing. Notes from a founder spending his twenties inside it.
DISPATCH № 1 · JUL 2026 · 1 MIN
I study how personal stories change conversations — and build software that reads the ones medicine writes.
WRITING
RESEARCH
How Personal Narratives Empower Politically Disinclined Individuals to Engage in Political Discussions
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Personal Narratives in Cross-Partisan Political Discussions on Reddit
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Framing the Fray: Conflict Framing in Indian Election News Coverage
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WORK
The day job: I co-founded Layrd Health with a physician, and we teach software to do the paperwork nobody went to medical school for — reading the faxes, filing the labs, drafting the notes — so independent clinics can look at patients instead of screens.
IN THE FIELD proof I go outside
