Curiosities and Beliefs

Core positions that shape my interests and views, beliefs, and random thoughts.

• There is no such thing as 'no bias'—we are all very biased in good and bad ways.
• Why Plato was right about public debates... (see full post)

• Films are a form of visual literature... (see full post)
• Watching movies can help with high focus cognitive attention.
• Be like Edward Witten... (see full post)
• Without time, how useful is wealth?.. (see full post)
• Why I rarely watch the news.. (see full post)
• Most general life advice can be misleading. You cannot tell someone to "work hard" if their mental model of what working hard is is fundamentally different from yours. The best life advice is learned through individual experience; you will learn what applies to your specific trajectory.

Essays and Beliefs

I've written some essays discussing attention, mastery and human nature. Note— Many are currently in draft/archive and are being refined.