Notes

Thoughts in progress

Short observations and ideas that don't need full essays.

Jan 2025

On the nature of luck in decision-making

There's a difference between being lucky and being positioned to benefit from luck. The latter requires systematic thinking.

Dec 2024

Why most productivity advice fails

Productivity systems assume fungible attention. But attention varies in quality throughout the day. The real skill is matching task type to attention type.

Dec 2024

Data literacy as a civic skill

In a world of competing narratives, the ability to read data critically is becoming as important as traditional literacy.

More notes as thoughts crystallize...