Writing as Liberation
I'm enjoying writing at the moment. It is scary for me to do this. It makes me feel exposed. But when I do it anyway and publish a post, it is liberation. It is especially the act of publishing that is liberation. Sometimes I try to write something
On the Precipice
Like many others, I recently read Situational Awareness. It’s a long paper by Leopold Aschenbrenner, who was a researcher at OpenAI, about what the next decade will be like. A decade during which, he predicts, AI will change everything. He is able to paint a pretty clear picture of
Writing Style
When I write blog posts, I like to write as follows: 1. Short and simple. I write posts that are as short as possible and keep language simple. 2. Personal. I try to write in a personal way. For instance, I might start out wanting to give some generic advice.
Vulnerable
I find it very fascinating how vulnerable writing blog posts makes me feel. I imagine that I'm putting something personal out there into this vast space. Out there for eternity for everyone to see and consume and do whatever with. But then I have also found a feeling
How I Interview
I consider interviewing among the most important things that I do at Chorus One. If I make sure that we hire fantastic people, it seems likely that the company will do well. There are two other critical things. One is to make sure that we have a culture, where people
The State of Urbit
In 2022, I wrote a few posts about Urbit (1, 2 and 3). I had been interested in Urbit since 2017, but in 2021 I really started to dive in and became fascinated with the opportunities I saw. In the summer of 2022, I decided that I wanted to build
On Cosmos Hub and ICF
A proposal [https://www.mintscan.io/cosmos/proposals/839] by Hypha and Informal is up for vote on the Cosmos Hub. They want the community pool to fully fund their work. This is work specifically focused on improving the Cosmos Hub. Until now, these teams have been funded by the
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