Essays

Thoughts, reflections, and musings on random stuff. I figure everything will connect one day.

Thoughts, reflections, and musings on random stuff. I figure everything will connect one day.

Always open to your thoughts too. Hit me up with what you think.

All work my own. Reuse or distribution with permission, only.

A Metacognition Benchmark for AGI

We Need to Slow Down to Measure Right

Man on field tending to lavendar with a backdrop of a French cheateau being restored and farm animals

We've Been Scared Before

A photograph shows a worn wooden workbench surface bathed in warm, natural light from a window to the left. On the left sits a textured, off-white piece of paper with a hand-drawn Greek letter Pi (π) in dark ink. To its right is a metal robotic gripper hand prototype, connected by colorful wires to a small white breadboard circuit with components. Behind these, a vintage black multimeter with analog dials stands upright. The background is softly blurred, showing the window sill. The overall feeling is retro, experimental, and warm.

My Bet on Physical Intelligence

A photograph of a human looking out into the sea as the sun sets.

The Uncomfortable Luxury of Not Knowing

Photograph of a group of friends casually hanging out and talking around an outdoor patio table under a green umbrella on a sunny day.

On Deep Conversation & Connection in 2025

A close-up of a person wearing a faded brown baseball cap with the word "thinking" embroidered in small white letters, pulled down to obscure their eyes. From a screenshot of an @claude.ai Instagram post.

I Waited in Line Twice for a Claude Hat I Didn't Get

The classic, minimalist title page of the historical book "Psychology and Industrial Efficiency" by Hugo Münsterberg.

What a 1913 Book Can Teach Startup Founders

A view from the audience looking at a projector screen during a presentation titled "Psychosocial Dynamics in Extreme Teams: Insights from NASA Space Analog Crews."

Why Every Startup Needs “I-O Psych” (Wait, What’s That?!)

Photograph of a casual cafe tabletop showing a sticky, spiraled pastry on a dark plate sitting next to a half-finished plastic cup of iced coffee and a blue wristband.

My First Year in NYC: Bookclubs, Biology, & Brooklyn

Poems

I write poems periodically. From my iPhone notes app or Leuchtturm notebook.

Poems are beautiful because you can pack so much meaning into a few stanzas. And then everyone interprets your poem differently.

All work my own. Reuse or distribution with permission, only.

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