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Onward, abroad!

attention-conservation notice: short personal-update post Tomorrow, I'll be moving to Hong Kong (for at least a few years). I'll be working for Jane Street, as I was in New York, doing roughly the same things, and still earning to give. Most of my worldly possessions are

Donations 2017

I don't write about it much on this blog, because it it's slightly awkward to talk about, and I'm a small little mind that isn't used to fighting against hyperbolic discounting. But I remain committed to donating at least 10% of my

Congratulations, Margo!

It's outside my typical poetic gamut, but as tradition dictates, and with apologies to Dr. Seuss... She's got courage and brains and a heart of great size, and she's witty and clever and patient and wise. No fictional hero (though no challenge melts her)

What I found in the desert

A month and a half ago, I took a plane to Reno, a bus out into the desert, and spent a week at Burning Man. This is an attempt to order some of my thoughts about that week. (1a) Surviving (even in relative comfort) wasn't as hard my

Chelsea Manning / HKS IOP / "Visiting Fellowship"

Here are some Harvard Crimson headlines from this week: * [Sean] Spicer, [Chelsea] Manning to Join [Institute of Politics] as Visiting Fellows * CIA Director Cancels IOP Appearance After Manning Appointment * After Backlash, Kennedy School Withdraws Manning's Fellowship So here we go... (1) One of the more annoying things about

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