Essays
Long form musings
Superior Dynamics Hypotheses
Hypotheses on themes with superior dynamics
Flux
How to handle change advantageously
Adaptation States
Why you can't optimize your way to something new
Knowledge Compression
The role of compression in knowledge transfer
Skill Diffusion
How new skills move into and spread across professions
Mapping Environments
A toy mapping to analyze what we learn from environments
Asides
Short stories
Unqualified
If you're perfectly qualified to do something, you've already outgrown it
Pedestrian Explanations
Charlatans want you to be impressed. Real thinkers want you to understand.
Forward Neutral
Bet on those willing to go backward to go forward, not those who insist on only going forward to go forward
Potential Acceleration
Potential is when you can accelerate faster than your environment can
Consequences
Sometimes you just need motivation, but most of the time you need consequences
The Same Experience
Measure experience in exposure to shocks rather than years