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A collection of 6 posts
book review

Ze Tian Ji

Ze Tian Ji is a brilliant Chinese novel. In this post I talk about the themes that the novel touches on and present my fav excerpts.
Sep 28, 2021 — 26 min read
explainer

Lies

Lying can be ordered on the scale of morality - White lies, lies to protect privacy, redirecting conversation topics, learning in a biased way to reinforce beliefs, lying by omission, misrepresentation, falsehoods. That's how I see the spectrum.
Aug 24, 2021 — 5 min read
philosophy

Tradeoffs

Broadly there seem to be patterns of dependence between concepts which I try to explore.
Jul 23, 2021 — 4 min read
deep

Goodhart's law

Goodhart's law says "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure" This idea is pervasive across society where you apply pressure on measures for control purposes. I explain how.
Jul 12, 2021 — 3 min read
philosophy

Those who can't, teach

What did Bernard mean when he said “He who can, does; he who cannot, teaches", I would like to believe it was said in a plaintive tone.
May 14, 2021 — 1 min read
book review

The Fifth Science

"The Fifth Science" is a collection of 12 stories. This is my review of the book where I try to highlight my main takeaways.
Oct 27, 2020 — 6 min read
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