AlokVectors and CovectorsMaking sense of the building blocks of differential geometry6 min read·Jan 15, 2023----
AlokA House DividedThe US has been labeled a backsliding democracy. How did we get here?5 min read·Mar 20, 2022----
AlokAll Else Being EqualI like finding better ways to communicate, and I like dragging math into places it doesn’t belong, so I’m especially excited when these…5 min read·Feb 19, 2022----
AlokBook Club Progress Report: Why Nations FailIn an effort to improve the quality of my political takes, I picked up the book Why Nations Fail by Acemoglu and Robinson. For those at the…6 min read·Feb 15, 2022----
AlokArticles of Bad FaithWeak arguments proliferate in political discourse7 min read·Aug 18, 2019----
AlokThoughts on Hofstadter’s GEBAfter a few multi-hour reading sessions, I finally got through Douglas Hofstadter’s Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid…5 min read·Jun 3, 2019----