I doubt anyone will be interested in this but I’m writing a (long) book report on John Barclay’s Paul & the Gift because I just […]
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The Kingdom, The Power, and the Glory
I just read a really important book: The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory by Tim Alberta, a staff writer for the Atlantic. Brings up […]
The Danger Of AI Is Us
This piece is a few years old but it’s really good – sci-fi author Ted Chiang on the dangers of AI. He thinks the dangers […]
The Little Mermaid 2023
I just watched The Little Mermaid live action remake and have thoughts, even though no one else cares. A part of me loved it because […]
Time Management, Burnout
I just read this interesting book (Four Thousand Weeks) that’s ostensibly about time management but is really a philosophy about spending time. It includes this […]
Bittersweet / Melancholy
A year ago I read Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain, and I wrote that it […]
Free Speech
Stanford Law School Dean Jenny Martinez on the Kyle Duncan protest controversy. It’s good, and the main point is that heckling a speaker to drown […]
Korean-Americans From Different Parts Of The Country Are Different
I referenced Steven Yeun’s appearance on WTF already but this was the most interesting part to me, let me transcribe it: “I remember when I […]
AI, Flawed Games, Fun House, Sports
This was a really interesting paper about how AI algorithms can break games in interesting ways. There’s one game (CoastRunners) where to maximize the score, […]
I Am Not In Tune With My Emotions
Over the past few months I’ve been pursuing several avenues of personal growth. In October I flew to Colorado for a 2-day… life coaching session? […]