2 days agoPowerA haiku on (con)current events — You tell them, you can Then rip it away, bandit. You’r right, it’s powerPoetry1 min readPowerA haiku on (con)current eventsYou tell them, you canThen rip it away, bandit.You’r right, it’s power----
Jun 18Asset FreezeThe vast majority of cars and houses bought by people in the United States are financed. Interest rates are soaring to help reign in inflation. …Inflation3 min read
Jun 11The End of the BottleAt my doctor’s direction, I take a vitamin D supplement everyday. Specifically, I take two pills everyday. Each bottle is supposed to have 360 pills. So on each day there should be an even number of pills in the bottle and on the last day, there should be exactly two…3 min read
Jun 4Back to Square OneThis past week I realized just how badly the venture capital industry has been hit by the recent downturn. Stock markets are down about 25% overall from their peak. Major tech stocks seem to be down about 35% on average, with a few much worse. The picture is most bleak…Economic Downturn4 min read
May 28Claremont McKennaThis weekend is my ten year college reunion. In the last 3.5 years of writing weekly, I’ve hardly mentioned Claremont McKenna College, but it’s naturally top of mind today. Being here I am reminded on the tremendous positive impact this sunny, beautiful, competent, and happy institution has had on my…Claremont Mckenna College6 min read
May 21The club I tried not to joinLast week, I finally caught COVID. I went through the exercise of trying to count how many times I’ve referred to COVID in past essays, but gave up counting once I got to the number “a lot.” Looking back, it’s remarkable to see how COVID changed my life, and how…Covid 193 min read
May 14Challenge is the spice of lifeTeach for America was incredibly hard personally, professionally, and spiritually. At no point has venture capital been as hard as Teach for America usually was. As a VC at times I have worked very long hours and fought plenty of fires, but I have never experienced soul crushing pain and…Challenge2 min read
May 7Natural vs. Arbitrary DelineationThere is a small but important distinction between the length of the year of and the line between one year and the next. One emerges from nature’s reality, and the other is more arbitrarily decided by humans. The length of the year emerges from the time that it takes for…Time3 min read
Apr 30Yeses and NosIn the tantra community, not unlike other self-help and self-improvement practices, there’s a lot of talk and feeling into one’s yeses and nos. For tantra people in particular, the modifier ‘full-bodied,’ as in a full-bodied yes or full-bodied no, is often seen as the most true version of one’s own…3 min read
Apr 23White-HotIn the last few days two people I know well and respect have used the term “white-hot” to describe the most important parts of their respective stories. I don’t hear that term often, and I choose not to believe in coincidences, so I’m unpacking this expression to find what I…3 min read
