Pasteur's Cube

Some of these are classics. Some of these are insightful. Some of these don’t make sense. Some of these might be misattributed. Some of these I just made up. Enjoy! Acton’s Dictum - “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Allen’s Maxim - “You can

Originally written on 2016 May High Output Management [https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fsmile.amazon.com%2FHigh-Output-Management-Andrew-Grove%2Fdp%2F0679762884&t=NDFiMzI5MWQzMDM0MzZiZTczNWNiNTk1ZmFlNTc4OWY1YzlmMzUxMSx6M2RuRmpFZQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AV4PauJm3isl5XsOhjkhguw&p=https%3A%2F%2Fpeterhurford.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F144004296021%2Fnotes-on-high-output-management&m=0&ts=1647111249] is a management book by Andrew

Originally written on 2016 January In “Deep Work” [https://href.li/?http://calnewport.com/books/deep-work/], Cal Newport spends the first third of the book arguing for the importance of “deep work” and the second 2/3s telling you how to achieve it. Deep Work Deep work is spending a

Originally written on 2013 October What is this? This is an essay where I explain my opinions on meta-ethics through a guided discussion with a hypothetical inquisitor. It seemed like a much easier, more efficient, and more fluid format than writing a dozen tinier essays. The only downside is at

Originally written on 2011 January. Pokémon has been a fixture of many childhoods, and of all the Pokémon, seem few to captivate as much as Mew [https://href.li/?http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mew].  He was popularized in the very first Pokémon movie, which featured a showdown between Mew

Originally written on 2009 April. This is a famous thing from the advanced annals of mathematics again.  Luckily there is very little mathematical debate on this, but at a time — there used to be. However, this is a problem that many people (including me) have trouble visualizing, so they just