Princeton PhD student researching the intersection of cognitive science, mathematics, and artificial intelligence.
Riddle Fortnightly
Of the 18th of November, 2024 Fortunately, the continuity of spacetime has resumed: the Fortnightly is back! In this edition, we have a round up of new E-ink and time-blocking tools, then an (unusually long) column with the Riddler’s take on “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read
Riddle Fortnightly
Of 25 August, 2024 Dear Readers, Welcome to this summer’s third installment of the Riddle Fortnightly. As you break out the tea and biscuits, and settle down with this edition, I wanted to offer a chant-worthy motto for the week ahead. That, and a mind-twister of a quote that
Riddle Fortnightly
Of Aug. 11, 2024 Dear Reader, Put on a pot of tea, get out some biscuits, and fetch your E-ink tablet – it’s time for what we hope might become the pleasant Monday coffee-break ritual of reading another Riddle Fortnightly. In this week’s edition, 1. An extremely efficient workflow
Riddle Fortnightly
Esteemed reader! Welcome (or welcome back) to Riddle Press – and to another installment of its newly rechristened Riddle Fortnightly (née Riddle Weekly). This change was occasioned by the reflection that, under its previous cadence, the Riddle Weekly would be better called the ‘Riddle Biyearly’. After recovering from this affront to
Tools for Thought
We live in a world of typed text. What place does the Penman have?
Tools for Thought
E-ink devices don’t “just work”. They require a bit of fiddling to set up — but, once set up, can be integrated seamlessly into your workflow, even with your Apple devices.
Big Floaty Ideas
The question is not "what to automate and what not," nor even "what should we use tools for and what is exclusively human," but rather: Are the tools corrupting, or virtuous? Are they instruments that lessen our contact with reality, or do they strengthen it...
Big Floaty Ideas
Computers didn't have to be this way. E-ink gives us a glimpse into an alternate technological universe in which computers are conducive to focus –– and suggests ways to automate our existing technology to serve us better.