Whenever I think of something to write about, I note it down and sketch a brief outline. It’s a pretty long list, because I’ve written very little since I completed Remain Free in 2015. In early 2021 I began writing regularly again. Here are the next few pieces I’ll be posting:
- Various articles on rapid chess improvement
- I’ve written three posts on chess improvement, all focused on the idea of maximizing improvement while minimizing effort. They’ve all been well received so I’ll be writing several more, and splitting them out to rapidchessimprovement.com to avoid this turning into a chess website,
- A Framework for Making Better Decisions
- Over the past several years, I’ve developed a system for making major decisions that centers around three key pillars: bottleneck analysis, prioritizing long-term over short-term, and maximizing flexibility. It’s worked really well for me. This essay will share that system and examples of decisions I’ve made using it.
- How to Stay Secure on the Internet
- A “leveled” guide to avoid identity theft, hacked accounts, malware, etc. when browsing the internet aimed at both technical and non-technical people. Check off all the steps at each level, then move on to the next one. Ideally this shrinks the advantage someone like me, who works in tech, has over a regular person in protecting their data and privacy.
- Lessons from the Wilderness
- After some hardships such as the unexpected death of a family member and an unexpected breakup of a long relationship, the trauma “shocked” me into some major positive changes–most visibly, losing 70lbs over 11 months while gaining strength, significantly improving my career prospects, and learning how to be more open and vulnerable. This is summation of what I learned during the process of “Queer Eyeing” my life. It’s pretty personal, but I hope sharing it would be helpful to others going through similar difficulties
- Capital or Capital Punishment
- An argument that automation and globalization are concentrating wealth–and thus freedom–in the hands of those who own capital at the expense of labor, because capital earns exponential returns while labor earns mostly linear returns. Thus your only path to freedom is becoming part of the capital/owner class, so I outline specific methods on how to do that. If you’re more interested in reading about actual capital punishment, I’ve written a fair bit on that too.
- An argument that automation and globalization are concentrating wealth–and thus freedom–in the hands of those who own capital at the expense of labor, because capital earns exponential returns while labor earns mostly linear returns. Thus your only path to freedom is becoming part of the capital/owner class, so I outline specific methods on how to do that. If you’re more interested in reading about actual capital punishment, I’ve written a fair bit on that too.
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