Feb

16

Calibrating your gut

By gut or gut feeling I mean our non-verbal physical and emotional responses to a decision that are pointed to by words like intuition or instinct and phrases like follow your heart. When it cooperates, our gut can be a source of deeply felt conviction, even in murky waters, or

5 min read

Dec

03

Alternatives to (math) academia and how to get there

This is a reference post for math PhDs

18 min read

Nov

19

Sharing is caring: in defense of ordinary things

On foggy mornings and small talk

3 min read

Nov

14

Moving to AI safety

Kicked up some dust this year, some was settled

3 min read

Aug

21

Slowing down Pandora's Box

Editorial for the Canadian Science Policy Centre

4 min read

Jul

02

My PhD cost me $1.17M (but I'd do it again)

PhD advice + reflections on opportunity cost

11 min read

Jun

20

You don't take enough risks to be lucky

How I think about long-tailed outcomes

13 min read