I used to write a lot, but somewhere along the way, I started becoming too fearful to publish. Therefore, this page on my website represents my compromise — my commitment to publishing short-form notes that I jot down for myself, without striving for perfection, editing, or any expectation of readership.

• things I tell myself to be more agentic (April 26, 2024)
• Simple, Underrated Ways to Make the World a More Wonderful Place (April 16, 2024)
• The Sim City mindset: a prompt for thinking about impact (April 5, 2024)
• Should life get easier over time, or just more meaningful? (March 29, 2024)
• Core reasons why Canada will almost always struggle economically (March 22, 2024)
• Why I Don’t Identify with the Progress Studies Community (March 18, 2024)
• My Favourite Up-and-Coming-Bloggers (March 14, 2024)
• Most singers become singers because they want to be singers, not because they want to sing (March 11, 2024)
• Biased by the many lenses of reality (March 7, 2024)
• Why many in the art community are misanthropic (March 6, 2024)
• Reflections on Berlin (Feb 5, 2024)
• Building a Lumenator in Canada (Feb 4, 2024)
• On Hatred of Israel; Anti-Semitism; and the Common Knowledge Cascade of Criticism (Jan 24, 2024)
• Understanding the general apathy towards systemic improvement (Sept, 2023)
• why did British tea and Italian coffee culture stagnate? (Aug 2023)
• musings on career success: becoming rich and notable (Feb 2023)
• Small signs you live in a complacent society (Jan 2023)
• Are you concerned about the delocalization of status? (2022)
• The privilege of being relatable; how often do you filter what you say for the sake of fitting in? (2022)
• Are you concerned about the loss of socialization in society?  (2022)
• Leo Tolstoy on the mindset of Effective Altruism (2022)
• What is Slatestarcodex and why is it such a good filter for people like me? (2022)
• My favourite Holden Karnofsky essays (pre Cold Takes) (2022)
• Is anyone else disappointed in Silicon Valley? (2022)
• Alternative ways to reflect on the past year (2022)
• Why I love flash frozen food and think you should too (2021)
• If Internet advertising is ineffective, why is it so ubiquitous? (2021)
• Why I find Rwanda interesting and think you may too (2021)
• A new marshmallow test for the information age (2020)
• The message board thread that caused ripples throughout the finance world (2020)
• Why haven’t you read The Way of Kings (a musing on Goodreads data for predictive power) (2019)