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Demystifying Backpropagation: The 300-Year-Old Calculus Rule Powering Modern AI

Modern artificial intelligence systems rely on an underlying algorithm to learn: Backpropagation. Whether predicting text, recognizing images, or translating languages, neural networks depend on this universal mechanism. The core mathematical mechanism behind backpropagation is not a recent invention. The algorithm relies on a calculus rule formulated by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in 1676: the chain rule. To understand how modern AI works, we examine how this centuries-old mat

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Bridging the AI Divide: Moving Higher Education from Hesitation to Integration

"If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they will rely on that which is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves, but by means of external marks." — Socrates (in Plato's Phaedrus) Educators have long questioned how new tools alter human cognition. Socrates was not warning against algorithms, but the newest technology of his era: the written word. New classroom technologies seld

College & Career

Making the Invisible Hand Visible: How Choice Architecture Operationalizes Economics

The Invisible Hand is an observation of our human nature. Adam Smith studied how people naturally operate within social settings. He then applied those behavioral insights to explain how societies generate lasting wealth. Long-term empirical trends support his core insights. Over the past two centuries, global economic data reveals unprecedented rises in real gross domestic product per capita alongside dramatic increases in global life expectancy. In 1776, Adam Smith publishe

Econ Connections

The Vessel and the Truth: How I Found Meaning in Faith

"Does God exist?" This question is as old as humanity. People still debate it with great energy. I struggle with this question. I find it to be polarizing and distracting. Instead, I find there is a different, more helpful question to ask. Instead of existence, the better question is about meaning and behavior. It asks: "How Do You Choose To Live?" As such, my answer is simple. I choose to live as if God exists. Some might label this position as agnostic. Agnosticism answers

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Beyond "Lesser-of-Two-Evils": A Guide to Voting Your Conscience

People like to imagine political campaigns as a pitch for a better future (a candidate standing on stage declaring, "Vote for me because here is what I will build, protect, and deliver"). Instead, voters face a relentless strategy built almost entirely on fear. Over the past fifty years, institutional reforms shifted power toward low-turnout primaries dominated by party activists and focused money. Consequently, positive visions quietly gave way to defensive positioning. Mode

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Jeff Hulett

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The Real Math Gap: How Incentives, Testing, and Home Agency Shape Modern Learning

The Misalignment of Modern Math → We teach high school and college mathematics as if our primary economic goal involves training human calculating machines. We spend hundreds of hours drilling students on hand-manipulating polynomials, evaluating complex integrals, and executing rigid algorithms under strict time limits. Yet, outside the classroom, almost no one calculates by hand. The modern economy does not need human calculators; it needs math orchestrators. An orchestrato

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Jeff Hulett

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America's Mega Forces - Making the most in a time of change

In recent years, the United States has seen a significant intensification of immigration enforcement. According to data from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). There are a couple mega forces uniquely playing out in the United States. What are they and how do we adapt?

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Jeff Hulett

Jan 2718 min read

[Book Proposal] The New Fatal Conceit: Why AI, Big Data, and Technocratic Ambition Still Can’t Replace Spontaneous Order

Author : Jeff Hulett Length : ~22,000 words (~60 printed pages) Formats Available : Full manuscript, blog-length adaptation available...

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Jeff Hulett

Mar 24, 202511 min read

The Hidden Costs of Place-Based Biases: How Governments and Nonprofits Inhibit Mobility and Growth

Place-based Bias Keeps People Stuck Local governments and nonprofits often operate under a well-intentioned but flawed assumption: that...

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Jeff Hulett

Mar 19, 20256 min read

The simple answer to the affordable housing crisis: Stop Making Home Building Illegal

As a personal finance professor and leading a firm providing fractional CFO services for young entrepreneurs, I have spent years helping...

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Jeff Hulett

Aug 22, 202418 min read

Market Failure - How Adam Smith would approach government and personal responsibility

The risk of market failure is a policy advocacy criticism for a decentralized and individual choice environment. A market failure is...

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Jeff Hulett

Nov 3, 20238 min read

The Power of Choice: How Decentralization Unlocks Economic Freedom

Why the Most Local Form of Government Reveals the Hidden Impact of Rules on Wealth and Freedom The principle of free will is foundational to both American democracy and economic theory, emphasizing the importance of individual decision-making over centralized control. This article explores how governance structures influence economic efficiency, focusing on the tension between decentralized market competition and centralized planning. Drawing on the works of Adam Smith, F.A.

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Jeff Hulett

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