Essays
Ideas worth keeping. Thoughts on systems, truth, and building a life by design.
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May 12, 2025
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Apr 30, 2025
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Apr 28, 2025
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Apr 14, 2025
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Mar 3, 2025
The Theory of Explanatory Depth
Most of what we "know" collapses under a second question. A framework for building models that hold up when the surface gives way.
Build for Asymmetry
Leverage tiny advantages to earn outsized outcomes. Most upside is hidden in bets that cost little and pay much.
Mental Models for Difficult Seasons
When life gets noisy, good models become anchors. A set of mental models I return to when the path gets unclear.
AI Is a Mirror
The outputs reflect the inputs. Garbage in, clarity out? Not quite. What AI reveals about our thinking, and ourselves.
Writing to Find the Shape of a Thought
I don't write to publish. I write to think. On using words as a tool for clarity, not performance.