Inquiry
Readings for disciplined thinking
Essays on attention, artificial intelligence, meaning, and responsibility, one idea at a time.
Reading paths
Four themes I return to
Attention & information overload
How to protect depth, notice what you’re training, and build practices that keep thinking intact.
AI & responsibility
Tools, incentives, and moral agency—what changes when systems scale and decisions diffuse.
Science & meaning
Explanations are not the same as understanding. Readings on models, interpretation, and humility.
History & patterns
Long arcs, recurring dynamics, and the limits of analogy—how to learn without flattening the past.
How to use this page
Each theme below is a starting list, not a canon. I favor sources that reward rereading, clarify tradeoffs, and help you build better questions. If you have a recommendation—or think I’ve missed a crucial counterpoint—send it my way.
A small shelf of starting points
Six entry points across the themes above. I’ll expand these into fuller annotated lists over time.
Suggestions welcome
Recommend a reading
If there’s a book, paper, or essay that changed how you think about attention, responsibility, science, or history, I’d love to hear it. Include a short note on why it mattered.