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Observations from two weeks with a continuous glucose monitor.

I'm not as concerned about unrealized capital gains as you are.

Playing with generative poetry and AI. Also what is art even.

Taking a look at how my spending habits changed during a year of shelter in place.

Amidst the deluge of claims about voter fraud, I find myself wondering where exactly this stuff actually comes from. A case study.

How can we make rational decisions that require trading off different kinds of harm? I look at an analogy to microeconomic theory.

Reflections on the longest book I've ever read, Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle, a six volume autobiography by a Norwegian guy with a not particularly remarkable life story.

Exploring the shutdown of New York City through the lens of subway turnstile data.

Possible political timelines for 2020.

What does a city under quarantine look like? I went out on my bike to find out.

Right now, in what may still be the prologue to a pandemic, I’m thinking about a lot that I have going for myself. I’m thankful to have a…

The feeling of living in history.