PinnedPublished inOriginal PhilosophyThe case for kindness in a self-centric worldThe biggest struggle in my 20s has been grappling with the question: what do I want to do with my life? “I want to be kind.”Nov 5, 202344Nov 5, 202344
The more we learn, the less we knowThe more we learn, the more we know. This seems so obviously true, but is it really?Dec 9, 2023Dec 9, 2023
Why everything today is unnecessarily complicatedWhen I was younger, I got frustrated whenever people used words that were more complicated than they needed to be. I couldn’t understand…Dec 4, 2023Dec 4, 2023
Reflections from 100 hours of meditation in 10 days (vipassana)Early last month, I completed a 10-day meditation retreat where I was presented with this proposition:Dec 2, 2023Dec 2, 2023
Why thinking doesn’t get you closer to the TruthThere are some questions we call the big questions in life.Nov 28, 20231Nov 28, 20231
“If you had X years left to live…We have a limited time on earth. Yesterday I got reminded of that during dinner with two friends.Nov 25, 2023Nov 25, 2023
Is Intelligence Artificial? (On Sentient AI)In fiction, the future is always presented as dystopian. I’m not sure if that’s a reflection of our collective outlook on the future, or a…Nov 14, 2023Nov 14, 2023
Finding real restBeing sick and out of commission last week has given me a lot of time to think about rest.Nov 11, 2023Nov 11, 2023
Kill your heroes to growIn life, we accumulate heroes. These are the people who show us things we’ve never seen or the way to places we’ve never been.Nov 8, 20231Nov 8, 20231
