Why I’m Leaving MediumI started blogging on my personal website. No strategy, no subscriber funnel — just a way to write out loud. Publishing held me…Jul 28A response icon8Jul 28A response icon8
YOU are the promptAlright, let’s pull the fire alarm on this pity party. Can we please, for the love of all that is holy and algorithmically curated, retire…Jul 17A response icon2Jul 17A response icon2
Apparently, hypocrisy is not un-AustralianI arrived in Australia a decade ago, clutching a visa and armed with rosy assurances from every Aussie I’d met back home in Canada. These…Jul 3A response icon2Jul 3A response icon2
I’m a physicist by trade, not by training, and that mattersWhat a “stranger” in physics sees from withinJul 1A response icon22Jul 1A response icon22
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The entirely reasonable effectiveness of mathematicsIn 1960, physicist Eugene Wigner famously marveled at the “unreasonable effectiveness” of mathematics in its description of nature. Many…Jun 26A response icon24Jun 26A response icon24
Is the universe a computation?What if reality isn’t made of matter or energy at its deepest level, but information? Could the universe itself be performing a grand…Jun 21A response icon15Jun 21A response icon15
Totalitarianism no longer needs a tyrant — it only needs an APIAttention Conservation Notice. A thousand or so words for anyone who’s ever suspected the system is not just broken but has achieved a…Jun 20A response icon2Jun 20A response icon2
Promptxiety and the Tyranny of Perfect Vibecode— an anxious love letter to the people who edit their own thoughts before the algorithm can judge themJun 4A response icon1Jun 4A response icon1
Bottom-up or top-down. What exactly is the nature of reality?At the very tip of the Statue of Liberty, defining the highest point on Lady Liberty’s torch, sits a single atom of gold.May 27A response icon15May 27A response icon15