Writing

I write about technology, markets, investing, music and occasionally spirituality. Most of my writing lives on Substack, with some pieces on LinkedIn and Medium.

When the prism disappears
Aug 24, 2024
When the prism disappears

A coming together of one of my learnings in computer science, biology and meditation.

From the finger, to the moon
May 17, 2024
From the finger, to the moon

'Sidekick', 'Number-2 man' — these sobriquets were my first introduction to the phenomenon, Charlie Munger. Through a journey of 6 years I learnt more…

Saying No
Jan 27, 2024
Saying No

Our time on the planet is finite and everyone is constrained by a constant — 24 hours of the day.

Takes one to know one
Jan 15, 2024
Takes one to know one

It was early 2000s when I was first introduced to DVDs in my teenage years.

Happy 100th, Charlie!
Dec 31, 2023
Happy 100th, Charlie!

Here's my gift to you (and myself).

Silence
Dec 31, 2023
Silence

When Gautama Buddha was posed certain questions, he chose to stay silent. What does that silence mean?

Two words for 2024
Dec 30, 2023
Two words for 2024

Some ideas hit you like a ton of bricks when you encounter them the first time and you are never the same after.

May 14, 2023
ChatGPT hallucinations

Mimetic as it may be, a hobby I've picked up past two years is to explore tech products and services that make life better.

Medium
Nov 23, 2022
Dilly DALL-E ing

How I used DALL-E to create and print a 5×4ft painting — exploring prompts for artist style, color, and concept, and the technique of outpainting to generate large-format AI art.

Nov 1, 2018
Barbells & Cubism

Picasso’s Cubism — seeing a subject from multiple perspectives simultaneously — as a lens for holding opposing views in mind. On the barbell as a mental model for navigating contradiction without collapsing into the middle.

Medium
Life and Lindy’s Effect

Taleb’s Lindy effect — that certain things grow more robust with age — applied to what endures in life: music, investing, family. And what it means to search for the timeless in a world of noise.

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