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On Writing for a Future Self: Why Long-Form Notes Outlast Their Authors
The act of writing, taken seriously, is an act of epistemic humility. You are admitting that your present mind is finite, that memory degrades, and that future-you will need the landmarks you leave behind today.
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Calibration, Brier Scores, and the Discipline of Not Being Wrong Confidently
A well-calibrated forecaster who says "70% chance" is right about 70% of the time on such predictions. Most people are not well-calibrated. Examining the methods and psychology behind building honest confidence estimates.
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Notes on How to Read a Book, Five Decades Later
Adler and Van Doren's 1940 classic was reissued in 1972. Its central thesis — that most people stop reading actively the moment school ends — still holds. My annotations from a recent re-read, with commentary on what has aged well.
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of a Plain-Text Zettelkasten
I have used plain Markdown files, interlinked with
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Epistemic Courage and the Willingness to Be Publicly Wrong
Changing your mind publicly is socially costly. This is a bad equilibrium for truth-seeking communities. Examining the incentive structures that punish intellectual honesty — and what individuals can do about it regardless.
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