Collection of Works by A.H. Chu

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Core Collection

Consisting of core works in sequential order that collectively lay out a mental and philosophical framework that I refer to as the “Improvement Axiom.”

1. The Secret of In-N-Out’s Success
2. A Lesson from Jiro
3. Zen and the Art of the Perfect Golf Swing
4. Jobs, Creator
5. A Reflection on Rationality (Response to Nicholas Mauro)
6. What if the Opposite of Hitler… Is You?
7. The Selective Dissonance of Hateful Gods
8. A Simple Meditation I Learned From Method Acting, YMMV
9. Wash the Goddamn Dishes
10. *NEW* Clapping for the Wrong Reasons

“Quality Works Resonance Series”.

A new series where I will periodically reflect on things that resonate with me. I will seek to explore at a granular level what it is about said thing that speaks to me, what about the craft is so exemplary from an objective and subjective perspective. Please feel free to explore this theme yourself and share!

1. An Inquiry into a Lego Star Wars Dinosaur
2. A Reflection on Steve Martin’s Memoir, Born Standing Up
3. The Algorithm that will Save Humanity… or Destroy It.
4. The Bastard, the Mouse and the Rift
5. Make, America. Make, Again.

On Business and Innovation

1. Master of None
2. High Output Management vs. High Empathy Management
3. Response to Intrinsic Value Companies (by Todd Hannula)
4. Response to the Fundamental Shortcoming with How We View Innovation (by David Dabscheck)
5. Response to Apple, the Oil Company (by M.G. Siegler)

On Medium and Technology

1. Medium is Broken
2. Hello Greg (Letter to Medium Team)
3. A Response in Haiku
4. Response to On the Value Proposition of Decentralization (by Maciej Olpinski)

On Politics and Class Warfare

1. Breaking the Wealth Equation (Response to Myles Little)
2. “You Make What You Measure” (Response to Paul Graham)
3. The Rise of the C.R.E.A.M. Economy
4. The Consumptive Class and the Irresistible Allure of the Creative (Response to Donald Rumsfeld)
5. The Rich are Not Evil and the Poor are Not Lazy
6. Response to Millenials Repulsed by Boomer’s Coca Cola Patriotism (by Holly Wood)

On Parenting and Education

1. A Plea and a Proposal to Mayor Bill de Blasio
2. A Question of Education and Excellence
3. Hi Due (A Response to Poor and Traumatized at Harvard by Due Quach)
4. The Fisher Price Edition of Free Will

On Writing and Philosophy

1. This is Water. This is Oil. (Response to Bret Easton Ellis)