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A collection of some of my thoughts.

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On Being Present

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Presence lets you think clearly under duress. It could be the reason you survive an emergency.

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In Defense of Progress

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A familiar pattern is reoccurring. We figure out some new technology, it has great potential. Then we self-sabotage because we over-index on some problems we can see it causing in the future. There are multiple instances in the past of people making incredible discoveries and only to have it end terribly for them.

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How do we get to flying cars?

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What does the world look like if current AI trends hold and it has a meaningful positive effect on society? We get flying cars. But I don't think technology is the limiter, it's a regulatory/societal problem.

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Robotaxis: The Future is Autonomous

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Self-driving vehicles are the future of mobility because they improve safety and reduce costs.

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2 Years Later: Reflections on Working at a Startup/San Francisco

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The last two years have passed by in a quick blur. Moving to a 70-person company from a 70 thousand person company, I knew I had plenty of things to learn, but I also had a lot to unlearn.

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Writing for Innovation

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I visited Egypt over the summer. We spent a few days in Cairo with our friend who was getting married. Then we flew to Aswan

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What's the deal with AI?

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, sometime late last year or early this year, you probably heard about something called ChatGPT. A very simple-looking...

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Why Software?

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The year is 2020. After what had been a tumultuous twelve months, I finally made up my mind to focus my career efforts elsewhere.

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Atoms to Bits

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I have always been interested in how things worked since I was a child. I remember my city-planning exploits whenever my parents were not home

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Why Hack Reactor?

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In this post I'll attempt to articulate the thought process I used to decide on Hack Reactor. I discuss how I got to this point

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Musings on Happiness

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Happiness is the difference between your expectations and the reality