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Go Hard to Go Easy
But it was also worth it because of a piece of advice I received — Anders would tell us again and again: “Go hard to go easy.”
Jan 28


Action at Once Rational and Ardent
“a nature altogether ardent, theoretic, and intellectually consequent..."
- Middlemarch, Chapter 3
Dec 11, 2024


Ad Man
I met someone recently who was a passionate supporter of online ads. I met him in the audience of a lecture. He was speaking to a friend. Wi
Dec 4, 2024


On Generating Good Ideas
This pattern made me think about idea generation more broadly, the pace at which different people produce good, novel ideas, and how we migh
Nov 1, 2024


How I Use Claude
I now use Claude every day, multiple times a day, both in my work and personal life. This is a relatively recent phenomenon: I rarely...
Oct 9, 2024
Apologia for the Person Who Carved His Initials into the Oldest Living Longleaf Pine in North America
In conversation with Letter to the Person Who Carved His Initials into the Oldest Living Longleaf Pine in North America. While I have...
Apr 29, 2024
On Being Bad at Counting
The London Review of Books just published my Letter to the Editor. It responds to Rebecca Solnit's "In the Shadow of Silicon Valley" from...
Mar 28, 2024
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