Aug 1, 2021is time only a feature of consciousness?without the conscious perception of some unit of time (say a second), there’s only sequence of state changes. “Time” is our notion of the speed of these state changes and also used as an artificial tool/index to describe the relationship between state changes between different “objects”, but the speed of…Philosophy2 min readPhilosophy2 min read
Apr 10, 2021nutrition+health vortexdear friends! A slight shudder always rings through my conscious whenever I have to grok and reason about anything to do with nutrition or diet. At the same time — it’s one of the most important areas of study for obvious reasons AND it’s one of the fields most improperly…Nutrition5 min readNutrition5 min read
Jan 17, 2021(old, from 2019) First hitchhiking experience!(old, from 2019) First hitchhiking experience! “Hey sorry but are you headed east?” “East? No I’m not.” “Hey are you guys going towards the east side of LA?” “Oh we just got here. Are about to check in” I’ve been cost cutting and on this Thanksgiving weekend, after flying in to LAX from SFO and enduring…Travel4 min readTravel4 min read
Jan 15, 2021A Secular Pascal’s WagerIf you’re fundamentally optimistic about the future (envisioning a world where technological progress continues marching on, standard of living continues to rise, novelty of experiences expand, and science enables the unimaginable), here’s a proposition: Assuming the optionality to live an addition unit of time is worth something no matter how…Longevity4 min readLongevity4 min read
Jan 10, 2021my DIY attempts for dealing with wildfire smokeIn 2020, wildfire smoke on the west coast was horrendous. I had purchased an air purifier but wanted more and they were exorbitantly costly. I figured they were just a fan with HEPA and carbon filters so tried to make my own solutions. TLDR, none really worked well. …DIY3 min readDIY3 min read
Jan 9, 2021Schrodinger’s Body (a short dialogue)Co-written with my lil brother, Andrew Liu! DENNIS(42) is wearing a grey shirt with dirt covered jeans. TIMOTHY(11) is wearing a graphic tee shirt with cargo shorts and some beat up runners. EXT: DENNIS’S YARD — MID-AFTERNOON DENNIS has his back faced toward the road, throwing dirt into a deep…Quantum Physics2 min readQuantum Physics2 min read
Dec 5, 2020fitness, health, longevity et alThese terms may not overlap as much as it seems. A longevity-maximizing action may actually feel like it’s a bad health/fitness state, and vice versa. A fasting state has a lot of evidence pointing towards increased longevity. Additionally, in various circumstances, a low metabolism state points at increased longevity. Both…Fitness4 min readFitness4 min read
Dec 5, 2020ketosisThis is part of a series of writings mainly for my friends and coworkers who have asked me about my eating / health habits and since I found myself repeating the same spiel. First and foremost, the benefits of keto have been striking for me but I hesitate to proactively…Keto5 min readKeto5 min read
Nov 24, 2020Bitcoin is only as robust, trustless, and anti-fragile as its exchangesValue comes in two forms: offers utility or can lead to utility (e.g. trading for something that gives you utility). For the latter in the form of an exchange medium, like many other social constructs, it’s a kind of Catch-22. Tom doesn’t really want X but thinks Jessica wants X…Bitcoin3 min readBitcoin3 min read
Nov 21, 2020collection of interesting data points on longevityAs of 2016, only ~80% of males make it to age 65 in the United States (this is as opposed to ~87% of females). https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/survival-to-age-65-of-cohort?country=~USA As of 2015, the slope of ‘life expectancy increases over time’ even in advanced countries like Japan is still very high, though decelerating. Caveated with…Longevity2 min readLongevity2 min read
