Note: I’m writing this as a letter directly to Dan, who I consider a friend and co-author, but hopefully other people will benefit from it as well. [Read More]

“How well do you know Bob?” is a hard question to answer. If someone asked you to introduce them to someone you’re connected to on LinkedIn, there are some people you can just text and say “yo! You should talk to this person”; for other people you would weigh seriously... [Read More]

My notes on the thought-provoking book The Collapse of Complex Societies. Recommended to me by Eli Dourado, whose notes you can find here. [Read More]

(Skippable Backstory) A few months ago, Tammy Winter published a thread of advice for precocious young people. My addendum to it was the following: [Read More]

A project I’m working on forced me to wade into the discourse about semiconductors – especially the economics of older chip manufacturing processes and claims about the importance of bleeding edge processes for AI. I wrote this piece mostly to clarify my own understanding but I thought it might be... [Read More]