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Essays, memos, and vignettes going back to 2015 — 38 pieces in all.
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academia
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writing
2026
Jun 2026
Chapter 2
Memos
1 min read
Jun 2026
On the Midjourney whole-body scanner
Essays
12 min read
Mar 2026
People dont actually know what they want
Memos
1 min read
Mar 2026
Newcombs Paradox as Information Revelation
Essays
8 min read
2025
Aug 2025
What Do You Really Want?
Memos
1 min read
Jul 2025
Leaving a Mark
Memos
1 min read
Jul 2025
JANUS
Notebooks
1 min read
2024
Feb 2024
On Costs, Words, and the Digital Age
Essays
3 min read
2023
Mar 2023
On Letting Go
Memos
1 min read
Jan 2023
On Inequality, Happiness, and Our Future
Essays
6 min read
2022
Sep 2022
In Defense of Digital Words
Essays
4 min read
Aug 2022
Hopelessness Kills
Essays
5 min read
Aug 2022
The Difficulty Is the Point
Essays
1 min read
Feb 2022
Who Is God?
Essays
2 min read
Jan 2022
The White Man's Poverty, Pt. 1
Essays
3 min read
Jan 2022
Life Is Maths
Essays
3 min read
Jan 2022
On Virginity, Money, and Democracy
Essays
5 min read
Jan 2022
The Shaky Ivory Tower
Essays
3 min read
2021
Sep 2021
Gnōthi Sauton
Essays
3 min read
Sep 2021
On Rhetoric
Essays
4 min read
Sep 2021
On the Origin of Racialism
Essays
7 min read
Sep 2021
The Tolerance Paradox
Essays
3 min read
Jan 2021
On Selfishness and Interconnectedness
Memos
1 min read
Jan 2021
An Unfinished Letter to Faris
Essays
2 min read
Jan 2021
Solipsism is the Word I Thought Of
Essays
4 min read
2020
Oct 2020
On City Lights
Memos
1 min read
Aug 2020
What If They're Not Wrong?
Essays
5 min read
Jul 2020
On Emotional Independence
Memos
1 min read
Jun 2020
On Policing
Essays
6 min read
Jun 2020
Tolerance, a Reflection
Essays
4 min read
Mar 2020
On Intentional Deception
Memos
1 min read
2015
Dec 2015
Advancements
Vignettes
2 min read
Dec 2015
Barter
Vignettes
1 min read
Dec 2015
Moment
Vignettes
2 min read
Dec 2015
Plague
Vignettes
1 min read
Dec 2015
Protons
Vignettes
2 min read
Dec 2015
Value
Vignettes
2 min read
Mar 2015
On Utopias
Essays
6 min read