One of my few real regrets in life is choosing to go to an almost entirely engineering school. I got a first-rate education in thermodynamics and reac…

The New York Times just published another installment of its focus challenge series: an ultra-high-resolution photograph of the Grand Central Terminal…

I came across the paper behind this post through Azeem Azhar's Exponential View newsletter, in a short item noting that AI-native startups start s…

We're closing out a month-long trip through Malta, Crete, and Rhodes, and Rhodes turned out to be the island where the history is so dense it'…

Chania's old harbor at sunset is the kind of view that makes you stop mid-sentence. The Venetian quay curves around still water, the lighthouse ca…

Last month, several stocks in my quantum computing portfolio suddenly jumped between 12% and 39% over just two days. The reason: the Commerce Departme…

We’re a week into a month-long trip through Malta, Crete, and Rhodes. This is the first of three posts, on Malta, a place that surprised me. Getting…

On May 25th, Pope Leo XIV stood in the Vatican's Synod Hall to present Magnifica Humanitas, his first encyclical. The document addresses AI and hu…