Bellman's curse on advice

On applicability of advice

New post, taking Bellman’s curse of dimensionality and applying it in a less rigorous state space (advice)

Favourites

Things I’ve recently read and enjoyed:

Books

• Jordan Mechner’s The Making of Prince of Persia: a look into Jordan’s creative process. Probably the best autobiography I’ve ever read. Applied Divinity Studies recently wrote his review for this book here, which I wholeheartedly agree with.

• Marina Keegan’s The Opposite of Loneliness: very polished writing which feels even more impactful due to the unfortunate circumstances surrounding the author’s untimely death.

• Jason Schreier’s Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: On game development and making art with deadlines.

• Homer’s Iliad

• The Last Days of Socrates (Plato’s Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo)

Essays

• Elizabeth Wurtzel Confronts Her One-Night Stand of a Life

• Taylor Swift, intellectual property law, and due diligence disasters

- Nalin