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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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Doctors Without eMails: A German Paradox
Doctors are objectively smart. But in Germany their offices often have fax numbers and no eMails. This paradox is a very strange one to me.
Nov 23, 2023
How did you tell your children about climate change?
My daughter will live to see climate change become under control. Here I write my initial thoughts on how to introduce her generation's foe.
Nov 7, 2023
On Serendipity and Joy
Joy happens at random intervals. But one can design life to maximize the number of joy events per unit of time, i.e. its cross-section.
Oct 31, 2023
Hurt People Hurt People
I find it very convenient how when conflict happens in the Middle East we forget that the conflict was started by actions Europe made.
Oct 10, 2023
My Least Threatening Look
Men are threatening. But, I own a piece of fabric that, at one time, helped the world forget my innate threat.
Aug 28, 2023
Admission Officers the Gatekeepers of Science
Admission officers have an outsized power over the future of science, yet their selection procedures lack objectivity.
Aug 28, 2023
LLMs: Demented Savants
I feel I empathize with my LLM assistants more than I do with anyone outside my home. I am a bit puzzled by this, both ashamed and curious
Aug 3, 2023
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
On Dostoevsky, Ariely, and Gino
Reductionism is central to science, fake data directly threatens this foundation as it pollutes our minds with spurious information
Jul 14, 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
The Great Machista Extinction Event
"Are you a feminist?" if the person you are dating does not answer "Yes 100%", please RUN. Help us build a better world who you date matters
Jun 8, 2023
Nine Nights
The gendered parental capability gap is unacceptable. How come we praise men caring for their children and forget the women who do the same?
Jun 8, 2023
Non-Newtonian Routine Dynamics
Routines encompass how organizations change. Somehow, our ontologies fail to acknowledge how diverse their shear change can be.
Jun 2, 2023
The Big Ambivalence
Ambivalence is strange. A pull that pushes and breaks. A feeling of possibility and joy with anger and trauma. Useful, purposeful, enraged.
May 28, 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
The Case for the Journal of Organization Science Experiments
Where I make a call to create the Journal of Organization Science Experiments. Godspeed to JOSE
Apr 1, 2023
chatGPT is a potato
I hate details and facts. I love quirkiness and curiosity. As such the internet has been my playground. A playground now enhanced by chatGPT
Mar 28, 2023
On Exercising Hope
Hope is what makes me human, what makes me wake up every morning. As I pursue it, hope provides new marvels and adventures. God I love hope.
Jan 25, 2023
This Cold, Never Again
If we meet the Paris agreement's goals, our world will never be as cold as it is today. Never again will the temperature be as mild. #WTF
Jan 16, 2023
On the Lack of Migrant Representation
With exceptions, migrants do not have elected officials that represent them. At least, I do not. Could this be the racism of our generation?
Jan 10, 2023
Religious Gerrymandering
Where I discuss weird uses of voting in international organizations.
Jan 10, 2023
On the Use of Algorithms for Generating Adult Content
In which, I think about the ethical implications of using LLMs for generating adult content. A first attempt at grasping a complex topic.
Jan 4, 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
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