The Curious WavefunctionA book burning in Palo AltoThe flames crackled high and mighty, scalping the leaves from the oak trees, embracing bark and beetles in their maw of carbonized glimmer…Oct 30, 2017Oct 30, 2017
The Curious WavefunctionInterpreting Kafka’s Metamorphosis in the Digital AgeI re-read Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”, wondering if it presented parallels for our age of mute communication enabled by the Internet. The…Oct 25, 2017Oct 25, 2017
The Curious WavefunctionThe dying gasps of EmpireI started reading Coetzee and then decided to re-read Conrad simultaneously because it explores similar themes. Both books deal with the…Oct 19, 2017Oct 19, 2017
The Curious WavefunctionA book unlike any ever writtenThe central character in Cormac McCarthy’s “Blood Meridian” says at one point, “Whatever exists in creation without my knowledge exists…Oct 17, 2017Oct 17, 2017
The Curious WavefunctionBy firing the writer of that memo, Google missed a golden opportunity for dialogueSo much ink has been spilt over that Google memo and the fate of its author that I don’t wish to reiterate points that many others have…Aug 9, 2017Aug 9, 2017
The Curious WavefunctionAn open letter to my fellow industry scientists: Why the March for Science must be led by usOn April 22nd, scientists, science-lovers and people who care about evidence-based reasoning are going to participate in protests and…Feb 19, 2017Feb 19, 2017
The Curious WavefunctionIs there a right way to engage with Milo Yiannopoulos?So, seemingly having nothing better to do on a late Saturday night, I decided to find out a bit more about — to use the words of a…Feb 19, 2017Feb 19, 2017
The Curious WavefunctionWhy I am not fazed by Donald Trump’s presidencyMany of my friends are aghast at the fact that Donald Trump is going to become president of the United States today. I can understand their…Jan 20, 20171Jan 20, 20171
The Curious WavefunctionA close friend of mine asked me if I could list some of my thoughts on the volcanic mess that has…The simple-minded part of me is utterly shocked. As an immigrant who — thanks to my parents — grew up steeped in literature about FDR…Nov 8, 2016Nov 8, 2016
The Curious WavefunctionThe tyranny of TwitterWhy Twitter outrage can be unproductiveJun 27, 2014Jun 27, 2014
