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AI harm might be closer than we think
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February 2023

How I ran an A/B test to decide whether I should move to Substack
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January 2023

Tripling my productivity with one weird trick
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October 2022

Like most tech bros, I’m a little too interested in productivity and optimizing my life. I’ve even made a few of my own tools to help me stay focused…
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Throughout my life, friends were always an unintentional byproduct. I would bump into someone at a few parties, spend a few days living with them, or…
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Recently I wrote a blog post that had a concept I wanted to show graphically. Given that my drawing skills are terrible, I turned to Fiverr to get…
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Epistemic Status: Overly Opinionated There will always be a "gap" between morality and law. Sometimes the gap is "loose", in which case people have more…
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Suppose you want to generate a graph with V vertices and E edges, such that each graph (i.e. each configuration of edges) is equally likely to be…
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September 2022

Hates slow walkers Wants to debate cats vs dogs pineapple on pizza spoon vs fork for eating mac & cheese Her mantra is everything happens for a reason…
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Lately, I’ve been reading exclusively physical books. I treat it almost as a daily meditation. Reading epubs or pdfs online opens me up to too many…
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September 2021

I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at…
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Dear Mom, I’m dropping out. I know this is a shock—just last semester I was planning on completing four years of school despite being able to graduate…
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