Messy Progress

Going Phoneless

Ditching your smartphone is (mostly) possible, and will make you feel so much better.

Oct 7 • 

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July 2025

Mini Posts 5 - Status, Power, and Reason

Status Traps, The Purpose of a System is what it Rewards, A Non-cynical View of Colleges and Power, Thinking Too Much is Bad for Society, The Most…

Jul 26 • 

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June 2025

Using Codex Well (Experiences so Far)

The future of work is managing a team of AI agents to do work.

Jun 10 • 

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February 2025

Easy Robotics with a 3D Printer and Raspberry Pi

It’s pretty cheap and easy to make something fun.

Feb 10 • 

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November 2024

Mini-Posts Collection 4 - Election Edition

A brief history of angry elections, Is politics optimized for outrage, Can remote work save the world, What is Democracy and how can we save it, Watch…

Nov 3, 2024 • 

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September 2024

In Praise of the Beatitudes

Jesus' 9-bullet summary of morality has value even to non-Christians.

Sep 24, 2024 • 

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Virtue is a Vector

Treating things as good vs bad is too simple.

Sep 10, 2024 • 

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August 2024

Mini Posts Collection 3 - August 2024

Compromise Coin, Will AI Detach Wealth from Ability, Power flows Up then Down, Lessons from Revolt of the Public, and Empirical Consequentialism

Aug 3, 2024 • 

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April 2024

Let GPT Be the Judge

Not everything that counts can be counted, but maybe GPT can measure it anyway.

Apr 4, 2024 • 

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Work with Me at New Public

We are hiring a Software Engineer to work on Public Spaces Incubator.

Apr 1, 2024 • 

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February 2024

How AI Will Change Education

Education does lots of things for society. AI will change all of them.

Feb 16, 2024 • 

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January 2024

Highlights from my Quora Writing

I used to write on Quora. Here is some of what I wrote.

Jan 17, 2024 • 

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