Hi, I'm Chris. I live in New York.

Quick Hits:

• I spent 18 years in finance. You can read about that here.
• Favorite place I've traveled to is South Africa.
• Born and bred New Yorker
• My interest in cooking sways between just getting things on the table and the more scientific, a la Serious Eats. Also, love figuring out how to re-purpose leftovers and random ingredients that have been sitting in the fridge.
• I have probably eaten less vegetables than anyone else you have ever known.

What I like to do:

• Skiing
  • Favorite Mountain: Whistler
  • Favorite Area: Utah, SLC area (Cottonwoods)
• Paddleboarding
  • Pier 84, Manhattan - No, the Hudson is not gross!
  • Best Paddle: Circumnaving Manhattan
• Climbing
  • Nothing cool, almost all gym climbing and some Gunks

What I like to think about:

• Investing
  • Compounders
  • Permanent Portfolios
  • Process oriented
• Learning
  • Oscillation between First Principles and Empiricism
  • Layers of Abstraction
  • Using analogs to communicate between teachers and learners
  • Tacit Knowledge / Naturalistic Decision Making
• Automation / Iterative Improvement
• Systems Thinking

N=1: Things I've done to shake up my life

• Experimenting with Paleo/Primal/Carnivore
• Meditation
• Journaling
• Teaching my wife to snowboard
• Learning to paddleboard
• Learning to climb
• Yoga
• Building this website
• Improving my writing
• Week of surf school
• Week of golf school