Writings
Why Computers Work?
Book Shelf
“It is what you read when you don't have to, that determines what you will be when you can't help it.” - Oscar Wilde.
Cat Paradox
A survey: does dissecting cats in a high school biology class have educational value?
It’s a Toss-Up: Models of Probability
In this exploration, we will consider the many meanings of probability and the different ways it helps us think about uncertainty.
Understanding Money, the World's Most Powerful Tool
John Maynard Keynes called the gold standard “a barbarous relic”; Alan Greenspan saw gold as “inseparable from economic freedom.” Cathie Wood has praised Bitcoin as “a new paradigm for monetary systems”; Warren Buffett dismissed it as “rat poison squared.” The ECB presents the digital euro as a statement of European sovereignty; the U.S. administration sees a digital dollar as a threat to sovereignty. These sharp disagreements point to a deeper problem: debates about the past, present, and future of money often rest on different assumptions about what money is and how it works. This paper examines these assumptions. Its goal is to provide a clearer basis for judging which forms of money should be trusted, treated with caution, or rejected.
