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Welcome to my blog, a place where I try to put some amorphous thoughts into words, take snapshots of my personhood, and share it all with the interwebs. See below for recent posts, or sort by category. Or check out some of my personal highlights!

In the past, I blogged for MIT Admissions; many older blogs are hosted there.

Are you one of the three people left on the Internet that uses Atom/RSS feeds? Honestly, kudos. And here you go.

Recent Posts

motivation Permalink

16 minute read

On the fourth floor of E52, there is exactly one men’s restroom. It has two sinks, one urinal, and two toilets, and as 80 people have offices on that floor, ...

it is okay to not know Permalink

9 minute read

This year, I’m volunteering with the MIT Educational Council to interview students applying to MIT. During one of my interviews, a student asked me for an “u...

excerpts Permalink

4 minute read

I haven’t been doing a great job of blogging this semester for a variety of reasons (grad school is busy, life is hard, writing isn’t my highest priority in ...

joshua angrist shares the nobel prize! Permalink

13 minute read

Some of you may have heard the news already, but if you haven’t: on Monday, Joshua Angrist, the Ford International Professor of Economics at MIT, won the Nob...