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.
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December 17, 2025
The Media Page
A new section for tracking books, lectures, and other media that have shaped how I think.
December 15, 2025
Blind Spots, Consistency, and What Remains
On moral exemplars, blind spots, and applying consistent standards to others and to oneself.
October 16, 2025
Orientation Under Pressure
On maintaining direction under entropy, making things as resistance, and the quiet privilege of having any space at all to think beyond survival.
September 15, 2024
Stage 4: Almost a Year After the Defense
Stage 4 cancer diagnosis, decisions about a PhD, and optimizing for meaningful work under uncertainty.
December 28, 2020
Diagnosed with Stage 3 Cancer
Stage 3 cancer, surgery on New Year's Eve. What changes when the optimization problem gets a new constraint.
January 10, 2020
Going Back for a Second Master's, This Time in Math
I already have an MS in Computer Science. Now I'm going back for Mathematics and Statistics, because I kept hitting walls where I could use methods but not derive them.