Op-Ed: How Trump can unleash US energy and abundance

Washington Examiner op-ed published November 12, 2025.

“Increasing oil and natural gas production is absolutely the right place to start, but Trump needs…

Speaking Event: Optimism and Opportunity: Faithful Perspectives on Technological Advancement

Abundance Institute sponsored a briefing on Capitol Hill where I discussed Christian perspectives on technological progress. I had the privilege of being…

Blog Post: Net Neutrality: A Costly Solution in Search of a Problem

I am privileged to be a Senior Fellow at the Beacon Center of Tennessee, Tennessee’s leading thinking tank.

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Interview: Can Scarlett Johansson Stop AI Sounding Like Her? Free Press

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For an argument about the use of cutting-edge technology, the Johansson-Altman bust-up evokes a case from the 1980s, says Taylor Barkley, director…

Research: The AI Technopanic and Its Effects

The Abundance Institute published a long form analysis I wrote with Dr. Nirit Weiss-Blatt and Adam Thierer examining the panic over AI…

New York Post Op-ed: New privacy laws may hurt small businesses most

“‘Privacy’ is a fashionable term among both federal and state lawmakers because it is one of the few policy objectives that generally…

Research: Public Interest Comment for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on the Initiative to Protect Youth Mental Health, Safety and Privacy Online

My colleague Aubrey Kirchhoff and I submitted an official comment to a federal agency proceeding that asked a range of questions about…