essay

How I’ve run major projects

essay • March 2025

Staring into the abyss as a core life skill

essay • December 2022

Searching for outliers

essay • March 2022

To listen well, get curious

essay • December 2020

In defense of blub studies

essay • December 2020

Attention is your scarcest resource

essay • July 2020

No one can teach you to have conviction

essay • May 2020

You don’t need to work on hard problems

essay • February 2020

Your room can be as bright as the outdoors

essay • November 2019

Why and how to start a startup serving emerging markets

essay • November 2019

Autocomplete as an interface

essay • September 2015

Why squared error?

essay • December 2014

Plants, continued fractions, and the golden ratio

essay • June 2014