Notes
Aa
2026 • Last updated 01-05-2026

a list of things i want to write about

please shoot me a message if you wanna write about them. i have a rough mental model of what is interesting about each. please do bounce ideas of with me!

ai

  • how anyone can work in AI (ai for everyone)
  • a deep dive history into the transformer
  • the leverage engineer (thoughts on a new internal AI transformer)
  • RL for weather prediction
  • AGI is when the model learns how to integrate itself.

politics

  • the geopolitics of the arctic
  • an informal guide to hk society and the civil service
  • how can AI influence elections (episode on House of Cards with search data)

life/heuristics

  • a 2025 letter/annual letters
  • quarterly updates (q1, q2, q3, q4) and put them in the now section
  • how to disagree properly
  • on social leverage and social capital
  • how to be okay with your parents and friends not understanding what you do (or vice versa)
  • how do you update your beliefs
  • how to be a good conversationalist
  • why do i like the cold over the warmth
  • a 3 part series on attachment theory
  • the order you do things matter more than you think
  • how to build mental maps of new fields
  • being a career chameleon
  • what is the best way to introduce yourself

misc

  • the etiquette of mahjong
  • how to make the most of hkgcc
  • what even is work experience
  • good cold emails heuristics