Systems Thinking

The (Not So Hidden) Reason that OpenAI is Hemorrhaging Talent ($$$)

OpenAI has lost (and keeps losing) many star players while Google, Anthropic, and other AI shops are catching up—and overtaking—OpenAI's lead. A small…

Dec 20, 2024 •

How to Radically Reshape Society

Nov 27, 2024 •

The Solarpunk Future is Taking Shape

Solar + AI + Robots will create a seismic shift in the economy and society. Let's unpack how some of these changes might unfold. The best part? It's all…

Nov 20, 2024 •

What do Donald Trump, Taylor Swift, and Eliezer Yudkowsky have in common?

A lesson on epistemic tribes, conviction, and polar referents.

Nov 12, 2024 •

Butterfly Effect: How a backup cleanup job led me to AI research

I cut my teeth on data and ML through PBL (Project Based Learning)

Aug 5, 2024 •

How I become an expert* in anything

I used to be pretentious enough to call myself a "transdisciplinary polymath" now I just say I like learning a lot and that I'm an autodidact. Like…

Aug 4, 2024 •

My 90/10 Rule—How I'm so effective

The story of how I accidentally stumbled upon the Pareto Principle, with my own unique twist

Aug 3, 2024 •

Aligning Values (and the Price of Mis-alignments)

Here's a story from when I was at Cisco, which caused my first burnout. It went from my favorite job of all time to my worst nightmare.

Aug 2, 2024 •

Epistemic Conversations with Claude

I think Claude might have some System 2 thinking. Claude's entire world is text, so how does it know what it thinks it knows? How does it discern truth…

Aug 1, 2024 •

My Mission is Evolving

My new mission: "Fix the world by creating 100 million new systems thinkers over the next 10 years."

Jul 29, 2024 •

Theory of Control

This is one of the most important ideas I've come across for understanding people

Jul 25, 2024 •

Ontological Containers

The philosophical equivalent of "Which interpretation are you using?"

Jun 7, 2024 •

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