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  • 3/16/2025 Weekly what's up

    What I’m playing Two 9-hole rounds of golf this weekend, it’s nice to be playing again. Always something to work on. Looking forward to more evening rounds (possibly with the baby?) with the daylight lasting longer into the evening. [Read More]
  • 2/18/2025 Weekly what's up

    What I’m reading I finished When the Clock Broke. Good read overall and educational for me, someone who did not live through the late 80s and 90s as a politically conscious adult. Some choice quotes that are illustrative of the decades-long path that the conservative movement has been on: “They... [Read More]
  • 1/29/2025 Weekly what's up

    What I’m reading I’m halfway through When the Clock Broke: ## Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s. Learning a lot of history from just before my time, and finding plenty of echoes that have reverberated back to today. Will have more to say once... [Read More]
  • 1/13/2025 Weekly what's up

    What I’m listening to I listened to Dwarkesh interview Tyler Cowen on AI progress and other things. First half of the conversation was more interesting, quote that stuck with me (paraphrased): “Intelligence is not the bottleneck to clean water and electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa!”. Folks in white-collar knowledge professions are... [Read More]