Protension: the online journal of Tom Elgin

This is incredible (press release). A couple years old but I’d never seen it. Ed Abbey may be spinning in his grave, but State Parks have always been the piece of our land management system that compromises for convenience and accessibility. In some ways they’re the gateway drug that helps urbanites understand land management and […]

It’s only Tuesday, and this week I’ve seen talks by (along with many of Stanford’s distinguished faculty) Jamie Dimon, John Doerr, and Eric Schmidt. Those are possibly the three most important people in American finance and entrepreneurship today. It’s only the second week of class, and I’ve met about two dozen new classmates. It seems […]