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January 2025

Metric-Maxis
Metric-Maxis roam the earth.
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Chris Wong
Population and Power
Before the mid-twentieth century, power was accumulated by expanding your borders.
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Chris Wong
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The Real Alignment Problem
“AI ethicists” wrestle with the idea of alignment - will AI be aligned with human interests and if not, should we stop innovating with AI?
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Chris Wong
AI and the Eisenhower Matrix
The Eisenhower matrix is a tool to prioritize your to-do list.
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Chris Wong
Economics and Street Lights
Competition is baked into standard economic dogma, in part because perfect competition results in equilibrium dynamics, which are easy to model.
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Chris Wong
Prodox
Paranoia is when you think the universe is conspiring against you.
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Chris Wong
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December 2024

Control and Daylight Savings Time
Is Daylight Savings Time the problem or that we have no control over our schedule?
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Chris Wong
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Curious People Naturally Tend Toward Decentralization
You can’t have Authoritarianism over Curious People and Curious People naturally tend toward decentralization.
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Chris Wong
Statistical Numeracy
I’ve heard many people make the argument that our lifespans have increased and people thousands of years ago died in their twenties.
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Chris Wong
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First Principles
When I hear the term “First Principles,” I think of building something from scratch.
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Chris Wong
Eating Shit
“I don’t like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself.
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