January 9, 2023

Reading 12 books at once

A few days ago I talked about Lex's ambitious goal of reading one book a week. How would I approach it if I were in his position? Well, I'm ...

January 8, 2023

Social Signaling As A Sevice

In everyday life, people are constantly making a judgment: This is beautiful. That is ugly. This is fashionable, that...

January 7, 2023

Lex Fridman's Booklist

Today's topic is inspired by the discussion around Lex Friedman's to-read list for 2023. Lex Fridman @lexfridma...

January 6, 2023

Comfort is overrated

I spent a good amount of time in late 2021 & 2022 homeless . Well, not technically— 99% of the time I did have a place to stay and a bed to sleep in. But I have fully embodied the live-out-of-a-suitcase, go-anywhere lifestyle. Here's something I've learned. Comfort is overrated. Coping with ch...

January 4, 2023

Japan's Most Beloved Gaming Director & The Coolest Office Space

Hideo Kojima is currently the Guinness World Record holder for the most followed video game director on Twitter and Instagram (yes, there's a category for that). Best known for his Metal Gear series and 2019's Death Stranding , Kojima has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from The Aca...

January 3, 2023

Why using chatGPT to write is dangerous

When OpenAI first released ChatGPT to the public back in November, I was very excited to try it and incorporate it into my work. At the time I was wri...

January 2, 2023

Going To Concerts Alone

I still remember the first time I went to a concert alone, about 5 years ago. I was slightly shaking the whole time. As I walked towards the temporary...

January 1, 2023

Tools for a more creative 2023

Happy New Year, Greetings from a small island on the Pacific Ocean:) I'v been battling with insomnia lately. Even when I&apos...

October 30, 2022

The Future of Dating

I like to do deep dives on products or problems that caught my interest. Today's article is inspired by a friend who sent me this amusing thread on " Web3 dating app ". Tokenomic designers are not experts at love but they are experts at market. And dating is a market. In this essay I will go ...

October 17, 2022

What is a Bank Run

This year's Nobel Prize in Economics goes to Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, and Philip Dybvig for their research on financial crises– what causes...