Essays
Deeper thoughts on some topics
From Fins to Silicon: Evolution in the Age of Abundance and Designed Intelligence
How evolution is evolving: gene editing, BCIs, longevity, and the question of what we optimize for when we can design selection.
The Perp DEX Wars: How Hyperliquid Ruled and Who's Catching Up
Decentralized perpetuals from niche to trillion-dollar battleground; Hyperliquid, Aster, Lighter, and the race for on-chain derivatives.
Lessons from History and Mythology for Today's DAOs
Consensus, inclusiveness, and shared purpose—drawn from Iroquois Confederacy, Athenian democracy, and myth.
Buying Recall in AI Search
A technical model for financing answer-first search: sponsored retrieval and one sponsored follow-up without selling out the model's voice.
Shrinking the Long-Tail Glitches in Image Models
Confidence-triggered feedback, sliders, and PPO to reduce long-tail errors in diffusion models; badges over bucks.
Maglev
Research note on magnetic levitation: fundamentals, current systems, and emerging applications from fusion to medical devices.
Dojo, C-Point, and the Real Reason Tesla Invented a Floating-Point Format
Why Tesla invented a custom floating-point format: bandwidth, numerics, and the stop sign in the rain.
The Infrastructure of Legitimacy: The Return of the Luddites (But Digital)
QuitGPT, narrative as product, and legitimacy as a parallel balance sheet in the AI era.