Constructive Criticism

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Oct 31, 2024
Zero Knowledege Proofs, Berkeley Math Circle
These are my notes from a class at the Berkeley Math Circle on October 23rd, 2024. You can find an accompanying handout here.…
Oct 9, 2024
I renamed the blog again
I renamed the blog again. Now it’s called “Reason in Revolt”, which is a lyric from an English version of the Internationale.…
Sep 10, 2024
A Mark-Shaped Hole
Tonight I went to the Acquired podcast live show. Acquired’s tagline is “Every company has a story: Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them as a founder, operator, or investor.…
Aug 30, 2024
What is computation?
Laputa, from Gulliver's Travels. Home of the hopelessly rational people who "If they would, for example, praise the beauty of a woman, or any other animal, they describe it by rhombs, circles, parallelograms, ellipses, and other geometrical terms.…
Aug 24, 2024
What is human nature?
In the ant community, each worker performs its proper functions. There may be a separate caste of sol­diers. Certain highly specialized individuals perform the functions of king and queen.…