Models and Morality

Understanding the world, trying to live better in it

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Entrepreneurship 1
- Oct 8, 2024 "Africa risk" Oct 8, 2024
Immigration 7
- Aug 18, 2024 What are human smugglers really like? Aug 18, 2024
- Aug 10, 2024 The cyclical pattern of Bangladesh -> Malaysia migration Aug 10, 2024
- Jan 28, 2023 Update on high-skill immigration work Jan 28, 2023
- Oct 8, 2022 People in Kenya can now travel to the US in a more reasonable time frame Oct 8, 2022
- Sep 25, 2022 How do people enter the US to live there? Sep 25, 2022
- Sep 17, 2022 I'm working on high-skill immigration; or, being a doer, not an opinion-haver (at least trying) Sep 17, 2022
- Jul 10, 2022 The US has effectively stopped giving visas to travelers from Kenya Jul 10, 2022
Advice for myself 14
- Feb 11, 2024 High-level thoughts on having the most impact with a company Feb 11, 2024
- Nov 14, 2023 How I use ChatGPT Nov 14, 2023
- Oct 8, 2023 Going to the beach while the sales team is working Oct 8, 2023
- Jul 1, 2023 A restaurant in Lahore teaches me the importance of names Jul 1, 2023
- Jan 22, 2023 Improving my traveling skills Jan 22, 2023
- Sep 17, 2022 I'm working on high-skill immigration; or, being a doer, not an opinion-haver (at least trying) Sep 17, 2022
- Jan 24, 2022 Reading can hijack your interests Jan 24, 2022
- Jan 6, 2022 Non-diverse diversity: The NPR and Sgt. Pepper Problem Jan 6, 2022
- Feb 21, 2021 On being more idealistic Feb 21, 2021
- Jan 5, 2021 Some Suggestions for Myself about How to Read Jan 5, 2021
- Jul 27, 2020 Have high expectations for yourself! Jul 27, 2020
- Jul 11, 2020 The value of virtue signalling Jul 11, 2020
- Apr 26, 2020 The Proper Use of Ideology Apr 26, 2020
- Mar 22, 2020 To Live Would Be An Awfully Big Adventure Mar 22, 2020
Economics 12
- Dec 3, 2023 I donated $35 to offset my carbon footprint for this year Dec 3, 2023
- Oct 23, 2022 Pascal's roulette wheel, or how I won $20 Oct 23, 2022
- Jan 27, 2022 A Complete Taxonomy of Expats in Kenya Jan 27, 2022
- Sep 26, 2021 Nuclear power and cross-disciplinarity Sep 26, 2021
- May 20, 2021 How Many Lives Could You Save by Fixing Potholes in Zanzibar? May 20, 2021
- Apr 5, 2021 Labor is Very Cheap in Kenya Apr 5, 2021
- Mar 16, 2021 Back of the envelope math on pausing AstraZeneca vaccinations Mar 16, 2021
- Aug 16, 2020 Goodreads review of The Complacent Class Aug 16, 2020
- Jun 28, 2020 Key drivers of the growth of global capitalism Jun 28, 2020
- May 10, 2020 Amartya Sen’s Cohesive View of Development May 10, 2020
- Apr 13, 2020 How many people do I kill with COVID-19 when I go to get groceries? Apr 13, 2020
- Mar 28, 2020 Advanced Market Commitments! What Are They Good For? Mar 28, 2020
Learnings from Kenya 20
- Nov 30, 2023 On infrastructure challenges in Kenya Nov 30, 2023
- Oct 16, 2022 What I learned from two mosques in Mombasa Oct 16, 2022
- Sep 11, 2022 A perfect adventure feat. matatus, flamingoes, and soda ash Sep 11, 2022
- Apr 3, 2022 How to be cool and impress your girl in Nairobi: Ride a matatu Apr 3, 2022
- Feb 11, 2022 Sometimes companies want to stay blind Feb 11, 2022
- Feb 2, 2022 "These Indians are dying like flies" Feb 2, 2022
- Jan 19, 2022 Reflection on a Year Living in Kenya Jan 19, 2022
- Nov 28, 2021 Understanding why Kenyan Uber is different from US Uber Nov 28, 2021
- Oct 31, 2021 Learning from frustrating Uber trips in Nairobi Oct 31, 2021
- Aug 29, 2021 What I learned biking from the equator to Ethiopia Aug 29, 2021
- Aug 8, 2021 Which occupations should we hold in higher prestige? Aug 8, 2021
- Jul 20, 2021 Iowan corn and Kenyan corn Jul 20, 2021
- Jul 11, 2021 Your Money can’t End Extreme Poverty, but Can Help People in Extreme Poverty Jul 11, 2021
- Jun 19, 2021 Updated thinking on what type of work I should pursue Jun 19, 2021
- May 30, 2021 A Trip to the Market with Stan the Mboga Man May 30, 2021
- May 2, 2021 Some of the most striking things to me from my first 3.58 months in Nairobi May 2, 2021
- Mar 12, 2021 On American Identity Mar 12, 2021
- Feb 28, 2021 The entrepreneurship culture in Nairobi Feb 28, 2021
- Jan 31, 2021 Some of the most striking things to me from my first two weeks in Nairobi Jan 31, 2021
- Jan 16, 2021 I've Moved to Nairobi! Jan 16, 2021
Current events 7
- Nov 6, 2023 My long-awaited opinion on US-Uganda international relations Nov 6, 2023
- Oct 15, 2023 My conclusions from learning about the Cold War Oct 15, 2023
- Oct 8, 2022 People in Kenya can now travel to the US in a more reasonable time frame Oct 8, 2022
- Jul 10, 2022 The US has effectively stopped giving visas to travelers from Kenya Jul 10, 2022
- Nov 16, 2020 Debunking claims of electoral fraud by Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai Nov 16, 2020
- Oct 24, 2020 What can the US do about Xinjiang? Oct 24, 2020
- Jun 6, 2020 Observations from last night's West Des Moines Black Lives Matter protest Jun 6, 2020
Learnings from travel 4
- Sep 24, 2023 Traveling in China - the most interesting things Sep 24, 2023
- Sep 2, 2023 Traveling in China - How good is the Chinese government? Sep 2, 2023
- Aug 13, 2023 Rapid fire of the most amusing things I saw in China Aug 13, 2023
- Jul 15, 2023 My biggest learnings from traveling to Pakistan Jul 15, 2023
History 6
- Aug 27, 2023 Why the US dropped atom bombs on Japan (more Oppenheimer context) Aug 27, 2023
- Aug 14, 2023 Some Oppenheimer context on science and the military (no spoilers) Aug 14, 2023
- Jul 15, 2023 How did China's life expectancy increase? Jul 15, 2023
- Jun 29, 2023 "We just need a good leader" Jun 29, 2023
- Apr 10, 2023 The Past is Just a Foreign Country Apr 10, 2023
- Aug 17, 2022 Anti-eugenics research in 1930s Iowa Aug 17, 2022
Philosophy 14
- Aug 6, 2023 Some thinking on charity interventions vs. direct cash donation Aug 6, 2023
- Apr 16, 2023 Beauty in Physics and Paul Dirac Apr 16, 2023
- May 2, 2022 A little bit of chicken fried to share - EA Christians blog post May 2, 2022
- Sep 29, 2021 I write on the Effective Altruism forum about the importance of representativeness for long-termism Sep 29, 2021
- Mar 8, 2021 We don’t expect people to have good reasons for their beliefs; or, a Footnote that got Out of Hand Mar 8, 2021
- Nov 30, 2020 Using percentages in the face of uncertainty Nov 30, 2020
- Aug 9, 2020 Mencius on how morality isn’t just following rules Aug 9, 2020
- Apr 5, 2020 On Competition Apr 5, 2020
- Mar 15, 2020 From Gödel -> Faith Mar 15, 2020
- Feb 17, 2020 Two Ways of Looking at Moral Rules Feb 17, 2020
- Feb 8, 2020 Venmo: The Scourge of Reciprocity Feb 8, 2020
- Feb 1, 2020 Visions of Human Potential; or, One Factor in Why People Disagree Feb 1, 2020
- Jan 18, 2020 Some Thoughts on Journalism Jan 18, 2020
- Jan 11, 2020 St. Paul was Just Some Guy so He's Not Always Right Jan 11, 2020
Kapu 2
- Feb 11, 2023 The value of "front-line DNA" Feb 11, 2023
- Jan 10, 2023 I’ve been working at Kapu for the past 10 months! Jan 10, 2023
Other 2
- Jan 29, 2023 Which presidents were born closer to Lincoln's presidency than to their own? Jan 29, 2023
- Jan 25, 2020 Nothing to say Jan 25, 2020
Art 11
- Jun 12, 2022 Top Gun: Maverick is about a weird kind of military pride Jun 12, 2022
- Dec 26, 2021 How Do You Live? - a 1930s Japanese YA book about progress Dec 26, 2021
- Dec 12, 2021 What I’ve learned about different kinds of African music Dec 12, 2021
- Nov 7, 2021 Tenet rules Nov 7, 2021
- Aug 15, 2021 A boy and girl transcend reality by falling with style Aug 15, 2021
- Apr 18, 2021 Paul McCartney is Cool Apr 18, 2021
- Oct 18, 2020 What I Think About When I Think About Music Oct 18, 2020
- May 25, 2020 BlacKKKlansman’s use of “sarcastic” cross-cutting May 25, 2020
- Mar 8, 2020 What are the moral teachings of The Good Place? Part II [spoilers abound] Mar 8, 2020
- Feb 29, 2020 What are the moral teachings of The Good Place? Part I [spoilers abound] Feb 29, 2020
- Jan 4, 2020 The Art of the Digitally Socialized Jan 4, 2020