Inflection.blog

Musings about life, data, and the human condition...

Wasted Effort

December 11, 20203 min read

I recently finished my first semester (albeit online) of college. Despite taking my finals only last week, I can already feel myself…

Double Bag Theory

November 26, 20202 min read

I emptied out the kitchen bin the other day, and instead of simply replacing it with one bag, I lined the bin with 3 bags. This means that…

Fencing Thought Space

November 21, 20203 min read

I’ve been thinking about optimal ways to go about making decisions. In Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow he breaks down two processes of…

On "Show Your Work" by Austin Kleon

November 19, 20202 min read

I really wanted to like this book. But in all aspects, I just found it completely underwhelming. A lot of the messaging was cliche and…

On "Anything you Want" by Derek Sivers

October 25, 20204 min read

“Anything you Want” by Derek Sivers is a refreshing take on entrepreneurship. We’re taught that business in general is rather cold: seeking…

Book Review: "Atomic Habits" by James Clear

October 08, 20208 min read

Atomic Habits is well worth the time needed to read - even as someone who felt self-assured in his “system” of productivity, I found myself…

Quantization of Time

September 23, 20202 min read

I’ve been thinking about time in the wrong way for a lot of my life. I used to block my day in hour by hour chunks. 2 hours gone studying…

Weak Ties and LinkedIn

September 21, 20202 min read

I recently came across the concept of weak ties - and it has totally reframed my view of “networking”. We usually think to look to our…

Smelling Roses

August 25, 20203 min read

I believe that in todays day and age most of us don’t even know who we are anymore. And that’s a bold claim I know. We’re so used to going…

On "Happy" by Derren Brown

July 27, 20209 min read

This book captivated me for a month - It’s quite a long read (~530 pages). If you approach this book with an open mind, take the time to…

Childhood Optionality

July 24, 20202 min read

I graduated high school a little over a month ago. It still hasn’t sunk in. Part of me doesn’t want it to sink in. Childhood, once feeling…

Daily Retrospection & Feedback Loops

July 18, 20203 min read

We need to reflect more. Most people I know go through their day in a purely forward-pass manner, where they simply float from one activity…

Why Inflection?

July 06, 20201 min read

Dictionary.com defines inflection as: Mathematics. a change of curvature from convex to concave or vice versa. I like to think of this blog…