Posts in Category: essays

Goodhart's Law and Designing Good Systems

There's a saying that 'the purpose of a system is what it does.' While many people might agree with that statement, there are certain cases where we have desired outcomes, and it would be unwise to settle for emergent properties that are observed.

Beyond the Wall's Gaze

From that vantage point, I had an unintimidating view of Zuma Rock, and I would go up there to watch the sunset in the evening. On idle days, I whiled away the hours trying to synchronize my heartbeat with the pulsing red light atop a radio mast near our apartment

Personal life is a playground for solving optimization problems

It is uncommon to discuss optimization in terms of our daily lives; instead, it is typically reserved for contexts involving large-scale operations, supply chains, technology, or business procedures.

Journey Through Niger

What started as a happy journey to Ile-Ife one Tuesday morning, turned into an unexpected journey through Niger state. I felt a deep sense of fear and unease, but everything I saw kept distracting me from feeling that emotion.

A Critique Of Contemporary Romance

In my opinion, I think this template has become a grand failure, we as a society are primed to have a narrow view of what romantic love is meant to be like, and if it doesn't follow the well-known social patterns, then it's not romantic enough.

Should we optimize for enjoyment?

Everything we see now is a result of constant iteration. Creations in science, technology, and art have always relied on an iterative process to make them better. The very fact that I can click a button or tap my screen and get a desirable response is because people have worked on these things for.

What is Enjoyment?

Enjoyment is such an ambiguous word. For someone, it could mean eating a delicious cake, while for another person that might be the norm, like eating breakfast cereal.

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