Category Archives: thoughts
You Shouldn’t Be Working
If you’re an ambitious person you’re probably very familiar with that voice in the back of your head that says you should be working right now. There are so many fun things you could be doing. There’s a party tonight.
You Shouldn’t Be Working
If you’re an ambitious person you’re probably very familiar with that voice in the back of your head that says you should be working right now. There are so many fun things you could be doing. There’s a party tonight.
Do Something That Moves You
Before I die, I want to use my skills and talents to help make people’s lives better. I am privileged to have a lot of opportunities to do so. So what do I do? A friend of mine who is
Do Something That Moves You
Before I die, I want to use my skills and talents to help make people’s lives better. I am privileged to have a lot of opportunities to do so. So what do I do? A friend of mine who is
Metacreativity
A lot of people might say that automating a given creative task kills creativity and devalues the result. Why learn to sing if you can just use autotune? Why learn to draw portraits when you can apply a bunch of
Metacreativity
A lot of people might say that automating a given creative task kills creativity and devalues the result. Why learn to sing if you can just use autotune? Why learn to draw portraits when you can apply a bunch of
The Wrong Kind of Modesty
Many smart people tend to be modest about their abilities. The most popular form of this modesty, in my experience is to say or think “I’m really not that smart, but I work hard.” Hard work is something people take
The Wrong Kind of Modesty
Many smart people tend to be modest about their abilities. The most popular form of this modesty, in my experience is to say or think “I’m really not that smart, but I work hard.” Hard work is something people take
On the perceptual accessibility of abstract physical laws
There’s a quote widely attributed to Feynman that goes like this: “If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don’t understand quantum mechanics.” Yet quantum mechanics, as weird as it is, is considered to be the most experimentally accurate theory
On the perceptual accessibility of abstract physical laws
There’s a quote widely attributed to Feynman that goes like this: “If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don’t understand quantum mechanics.” Yet quantum mechanics, as weird as it is, is considered to be the most experimentally accurate theory
