I enjoy saying I will write, but I don't seem to want to publish anything. So why? What do I fear?

Writing as an Act of Vulnerability

Why did it evolve? What is its purpose? Happiness is the positive signal that our mind creates when we do anything correlated to survival or reproduction.

What is Happiness?

This captures my current financial worldview. It adapts general financial advice you have probably heard many times for high earning individuals(>80k out of college).

Finance Guide for High Income Young Adults Part 1 - Principles

Why do vegeterians never eat meat? Why not just most of the time? Wouldn't the best decision always be an ad hoc situational analysis?

Rule #0: Have rules

Nihilism has been ever present in my mind for the last few years causing some bouts of hopelessness. But, I feel like my actions are meaningful and am not nihlistic. So I asked myself, do I have good reason to be?

Arguments Against Nihilism

When making a decision, inaction is the default. And people rarely change the default. Inaction is easy, comfortable, and risk-free. Action means taking responsibility and exerting energy.

Rule #2: Prefer hard actions

Words correspond to some set of features in reality and must be useful and concise for communication.

Words — Part 4 Identity

So politicians and activists have a problem in a democracy. How do you create popular support for a complex issue? Everyone cares about health, happiness, and education.

Words — Part 3 Vehicles of Change

You will probably ignore most of these lessons.

Lessons from Losing Thousands in Cryptocurrency

Sometimes I think up some billion dollar startup idea or a genius perspective on life. And I love knowing I have a unique and valuable perspective on the world.

My Crisis of Originality

Did you know Elon Musk read two entire sets of encyclopedias as a child? Well, when I was 3 years old, my aunt once found me reading an encyclopedia.

How to Be Like Elon Musk

Work is a tedious and boring chore that everyone needs to do in exchange for what they actually want: play. Play is everything fun, relaxing, and voluntary.

Toxic Idea #3: Work vs Play

Here’s a word: “disvere”. It is the feeling of emptiness and world-weariness often following the celebration of a major victory or accomplishment.

Words — Part 2 Communication and Manipulation

“Am I perfect?” I wonder as I gaze into the mirror.“

Everyone is Asian

Sometimes loving ourselves can be really hard. Instead of self-love, we often get trapped in cycles of self-criticism and self-doubt.

5 Ways to Accept Yourself

You got into UCLA. You were a rockstar in high school — on top of the world. You won awards, topped your class, gave hope to teachers, and were the envy of the parents.

So You're Not The Best

How did those digital scribbles create a mental image of a big cat in your mind? The word “tiger” looks nothing like an actual tiger.

Words —  Part 1 Words aren’t Real

A mother devotes her life to providing an education for her daughter. A soldier jumps on a live grenade to save his comrades.

I Like Good People

It’s pretty limiting, isn’t it? If I once had a childhood passion like singing or skating and dreamed of being a star, then achieving anything else is a failure.

Toxic Idea #2: Follow your Passion

The whole idea implies that there is one true, unchanging self that you just need to discover. You were born to become something.

Toxic Idea #1: Find yourself

There are a million things you could be doing right now. You could be sprinting down the I­5 screaming at the top of your lungs or on a plane to Paris waiting for the flight attendant to bring out the snacks.

What are you doing right now?

If you want to be happier, then there are two levers you can change.

The 2 Levers of Happiness

We overvalue actions that are easy and comfortable. These short term feelings push us away from decisions that will help us in the long term.

Rule #1: Be uncomfortable

It is the day before graduation and I should be packing or celebrating. But instead, I am going to start creating daily blog posts as my great friend Dmitri Brereton did before me.

Month of Blog Posts: Day 1

I basically chose less money for more work mostly because it was a startup and it was the right decision.

Why Startups Are Better To Work For

On a pier atop a black, shimmering ocean, a crowd wanders beneath the dark sky. A group of college friends loudly stumble down the pier searching for the next adventure.

On Reaching for a Camera

We have an first world epidemic on our hands: every year millions of cell phones tragically slip through the fingers of their masters and break their screens.

GOPHONE

The Donut man knows what he does and enjoys doing it. Each and every morning, especially on Sundays, he rises from his tray and gets ready for the day.

Donuts

Journeying through the forest, you find yourself before a fork in the road. There’s no signage around to give you direction, so you glance between the paths attempting to find a difference.

The Road Not Taken

Both sides of any argument, especially political, have their fair share of bigotry, the complete intolerance of differing opinions. Literally everyone falls prey to confirmation bias and its hundred children slyly luring you to false certainty in your beliefs.

Observing the Googler’s Manifesto from a Distance

A footprint, a fingerprint, a seemingly misplaced grain of sand. When I finally leave this earth, what mark will I leave on this land?

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Rule #0: Have rules

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