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What toothbrushing tells us about foundation models for economics
What do language, the economy, and the weather all have in common? They are all complex systems. Nobody really agrees on what makes a complex...
2 May 2025
On Logical Consistency
Let’s say you believe that the best way to write a computer program quickly is to avoid early optimization. One day, you notice yourself tinkering...
16 Nov 2022
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What toothbrushing tells us about foundation models for economics
What do language, the economy, and the weather all have in common? They are all complex systems. Nobody really agrees on what makes a complex...
2 May 2025
My Guide to Tokyo
After living in Tokyo for a few months, I got to visit many areas of the city. Still, in many ways I've barely scratched the...
9 Oct 2024
Improving Air Quality at the Community Level
I spent last summer working to found a startup with the goal of improving air quality. By August 2022, we decided to shut down. But...
26 Jun 2023
On Logical Consistency
Let’s say you believe that the best way to write a computer program quickly is to avoid early optimization. One day, you notice yourself tinkering...
16 Nov 2022
Managing time vs. managing attention
We often hear the refrain: “I don’t have time for this!” In reality, what this often means is: “I don’t have enough attention for this.”...
16 Aug 2022
Understanding blockchain from a distributed computing perspective
Running programs on a single computer is great, but what if you want to run a program on multiple computers? For example, Amazon’s database is...
16 Jul 2022
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