I am guided by self-determination and I try to work on important, unlikely things.

Human focus is the most misallocated resource on Earth.

As computational systems improve, we must think deeply about where humans still stand above machines.

Politzki's Law: Humans excel at high complexity, low data tasks—in other words, what is not known.

Once we recognize this, the Human Focus Optimization Theory demands we direct our focus away from likely tasks and towards unlikely truth.

Irreverence as a Virtue

"Irreverence is a key to progress." — Joel Mokyr

True progress can only be achieved by navigating out of distribution, into uncharted territory.

Creative Destruction

Unlikely Truth

"Hat man sein wofür des Lebens, so verträgt man sich fast mit jedem wie."

Friedrich Nietzsche

— Twilight of the Idols

"Wer immer strebend sich bemüht, den können wir erlösen."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

— Faust, Part II

"Nur wer sich wandelt, bleibt mit mir verwandt."

Friedrich Nietzsche

— Posthumous Fragments