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NOT NORMAL
A random collection of back-of-the-envelope calculations, short stories, half-baked theories, bad poems, and more.
Many of these relate to the idea of normalcy, what it entails, and what it does not.
We are fortunate to live in a time where right and wrong, traditions, and norms are being renegotiated.
Yet, only through exploring what is normal can we experience the depths of the clash.
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Overton Morals and My Accepting Harry Potter Again
No one is required to be exceptional. Artists often are. Here I discuss how I reconcile a few idols of my previous self.
Jun 30
Scaling a Golden Shadow
We often think of our mistakes, how to minimize them, and remove them. But out there is a life we could grow into. Why not explore it more?
Oct 11, 2025
A Below Average Parent
Historiography of myself, my history of mental health, and my healing through conversations with my parents.
Nov 20, 2024
Towards a Migrant Voting Party
Migrants pay taxes. Yet, we are unrepresented in the elections where we reside. This is stupid. Here, I propose a party for the migrants
Nov 6, 2024
Online Neurodivergence and the Liberal University
It truly annoys me when people say universities are liberal or that there are too many neurodiverse people. Here is a small rant on this.
Oct 9, 2024
I Procrastinate Myself into Mental Slavery
Some thoughts that came up after listening to a new song.
Oct 9, 2024
Munificent Labor Markets Create Flater Firms
Where, I link civil rights to the emergence of flatter firms, the rise in CEO compensation, the decrease in care work at home, and more.
May 17, 2024
Reviewer Compersion
Compersion means experiencing joy in the joy of others. I feel it today as I read the (hopefully) 1st paper to be accepted that I reviewed.
May 7, 2024
An Awkward Truth
This is what happens when you use your brain to think about statistics in the wrong way. I wish I could stop this thought from recurring.
May 1, 2024
Grand Opportunities Not Challenges
What if we think about what is possible and not what the problems are? In an era of boiling water superconductors how will our lives change?
Aug 2, 2023
Waiting for Popo
I am currently a toilet, a job that fills my life with purpose, has some shitty work conditions but at least let me wait and reflect on life
Jun 22, 2023
On Planned Excommunication Not Obsolescence
Obsolescence is partly a choice we make. Excommunication is a choice firms make to stop having us using our products we bought from them.
Apr 17, 2023
Normal Hearts and Normal Eyes: On Why I Chose a Life in Science
Science is a calling as much as a tool for winning bread. Many routes lead to it. Here I present two signals that guide my pilgrimage.
Dec 20, 2022
The Impostor Heuristic and the Fantastic 2022
Ever since I got fired from my PhD in physics, I have felt like an impostor. This feeling has many senseless faces. Here I present a few.
Dec 19, 2022
On Alter Egos and Algorithms at Work
An ode to the beauty that lies within ethnographies from the naive eyes of someone whose ADHD will never let him do one.
Dec 9, 2022
Emancipate Yourself From Mental [Load] Slavery
A written proof of me not being able to do a tiny thing at home without telling someone/anyone about it. The gender care gap is a sad truth.
Nov 26, 2022
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Normal Joy
I used to think that normal things were bland. That special was best. How wrong I was. Oh how much joy lies within a normal act.
Nov 1, 2022
A Pseudotheory on the Pursuit of Equality and of Lost Prosperity
This post builds huge implications from one societal change. I cannot imagine it's falsifiable. But its pseudotheory never leaves my head.
Aug 22, 2022
Doctoral Adolescence
A remembrance of times past, on how being a doctoral student has the same anxieties, hopes and want of transgression as being a young human
Jun 21, 2022
Educating Royalty
Today I learned that next year the future monarch of the kingdom where I work will be among my students. Here I try to put this into my head
May 30, 2022
Racism by Another Name
Last Monday, I received my residence permit for Germany. A permit that took two years for me to process. #FeelingWelcomed and with a purpose
Apr 28, 2022
Perfectionism as a Philosophical Razor
I find perfectionism to be a red flag. Nothing has ever been perfect. I know this is a cynical view. But one based on my lived experience.
Apr 24, 2022
Manicured Ignorance
We choose what we ignore more than what we learn. Yet, we use our knowledge to define who we are. This is ludicrous and so absurdly normal
Apr 7, 2022
An Anxious Ball of Yarn
Some earworms are images. They attach deep to every thread of your core and build images in your mind. This post builds on one of those.
Apr 6, 2022
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