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.

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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