Big personal update! Plus: p(doom) vs p(moot)

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I used to write twice a week, and recently it’s been down to once every few months, and I wonder if my cadence will decrease further from here because…

Becoming a dad soon

We’re expecting a boy in a few weeks!

Yep, we spent ~15 years thinking about whether we’d want to become parents.

Over those years, our answer was “Not yet, but we’ll keep our options open.”

Obviously, we’ve now decided “yes”.

Many factors evolved over time.

One of them is this:

👉 What’s your p(doom) and p(moot)?

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7413323785795416064/

(my latest article on LinkedIn)

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👀 Caught my eye this week:

Dec 18, 2025 Future of Life Institute Podcast

Daniel Kokotajlo discusses why artificial intelligence may surpass the transformative power of the Industrial Revolution, just how much AI could accelerate AI research, and why all of this would be dangerous for humanity.

You can learn more about Daniel’s work at: https://ai-2027.com and https://ai-futures.org.

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🗨️ Quote of the day

1 out of every 10 days (almost once a week!), the people around you are having days so bad that they’re in the worst 10% of their life. Go easy on them.