planspace.org: Now with Substack!
It's been a while!
Hello! You’re on the email update list for planspace.org. I’ve moved the list over to Substack to make it easier. It may also help with deliverability, compared to my previous approach of bcc’ing folks from gmail. Feel free to unsubscribe if you like!
In the past I’ve aimed for monthly updates, but the last time I sent an update was March 25 of last year. Yikes! What have I been up to since then?
Books I’ve read
In roughly chronological order:
The Room, by Karlsson (Fiction, almost a parable.)
The Strangest Man, by Farmelo (It’s Dirac.)
It must be beautiful, edited by Farmelo (Equations!)
The myth of artificial intelligence, by Larson (Just okay.)
Seneca's De Brevitate Vitae (“On the shortness of life,” it isn’t.)
(Audio) Hidden Potential, by Grant (You can do it!)
Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality, by Wilczek (Probably my top pick.)
Technical-ish writing
Fieller intervals in Python (Confidence intervals for ratios.)
Philosophy-ish writing
I was working on the last four here for a while, then stopped before completing the series. Looking at them now, they’re at best rough draft level. My attempt at personal philosophical foundations.
The useful lesson of Carneades (Use language responsibly.)
Oh and also I got to do Fireside Chat / Pro Tips (with Codecademy), where you can see me on YouTube talking about data career stuff.
Life continues, and I’m feeling very grateful in 2024. I hope you’re doing well!
~ Aaron