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Accidental Ikigai

or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Work

6 min readJan 2, 2018

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Honoring my mother Mary Jo Bechtel on the eve of her passing

7 min readAug 19, 2023

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Honoring my mother Mary Jo Bechtel on the eve of her passing

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In memory of my dad, Ed Bechtel.

5 min readJun 17, 2023

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In memory of my dad, Ed Bechtel.

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F-Words

On balancing family, fatigue, and fulfillment

4 min readMay 20, 2023

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Communication Breakdown

My dad used to call the little icons on his ’88 Ford Escort’s dashboard “idiot lights”. Why? Because they substituted the nuance and…

2 min readAug 14, 2021

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Communication Breakdown

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Laddering Up

On humility and perspective in politics

8 min readNov 8, 2020

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Laddering Up

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The Starving Futurist

In 1997, I lived in a basement flat in Bayswater, West London, England. Broke as a joke, I spent what little walking-around-money I had on…

4 min readJul 10, 2020

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Hamiltonian Apologetics

In defense of the greatest American artwork of the 21st century

3 min readJul 4, 2020

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Hamiltonian Apologetics

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My Daughter, the Digital Detective

Field Notes from the Future, Vol. II

5 min readMay 14, 2020

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My Daughter, the Digital Detective

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Unnerved

Putting a name to something that’s always been a part of me

9 min readMay 1, 2020

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Mike Bechtel

Mike Bechtel

I’m an inventor, investor, professor, and futurist. I try to make sense of “all things newfangled”. Medium writings and opinions my own.

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