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January 4, 2026

Notes from the Transition

A message in a bottle to whatever comes next. On suffering, consciousness, and what mattered to one primate watching intelligence leave the body.

December 19, 2025

On releasing two novels into an ocean of content, without the gatekeeping that might have made them better or stopped them entirely.

December 17, 2025

A new section for tracking books, lectures, and other media that have shaped how I think.

December 16, 2025

My graduate coursework from SIUe's math program is up: time series, regression, computational stats, multivariate analysis, and statistical methods.

December 15, 2025

On moral exemplars, blind spots, and applying consistent standards to others and to oneself.

December 28, 2020

Stage 3 cancer, surgery on New Year's Eve. What changes when the optimization problem gets a new constraint.