Essays, prize-winning pieces, a Substack, and scraps that come with a health warning.
A theoretical physicist observes his son's mental bootstrap. Following a little language machine from first principles — physics, fatherhood, and the algebra of mind. New, ongoing, and written in the margins of everything else.
Read on Substack →An argument from first principles against the notion that physiological-scale quantum phenomena play a meaningful role in biology. Drawing on the algebraic structure of quantum theory, the essay contends that life is better understood through classical stochastic models than through appeals to quantum coherence — and that the question itself reveals more about our assumptions than about biology.
A short story blending quantum thermodynamics with steampunk fiction — because the second law of thermodynamics is more fun when there are top hats involved. Selected as first runner-up from a competitive international field.
A collection of essays, memoir fragments, and gonzo dispatches written over the years. Produced without editorial oversight and presented without apology. Read at your own risk.
A philosophical meditation on emergence and systemic dysfunction — exploring how the complexities of the modern world produce something far worse than the sum of its parts. Begins with a broken lighter. Ends somewhere else entirely.
Read PDF →A surreal, sharp narrative sketch set in a city park that feels cut from the late Jurassic — punctuated by rifle fire. On the fragility of safety, the meaning we construct through conversation, and the peculiar architecture of the present moment.
Read PDF →A reflection on the conclusion of five years in the United States, written in the final weeks of a life in New Orleans. On departure, on the American South, and on that final one percent proving so troublesome.
Read PDF →A witty, self-aware meditation on the "difficult second album" — using a second Mardi Gras as canvas. On the evolution of perspective, the challenge of recapturing initial wonder, and the necessity of finding new structures in life and work. Previous critical reception: "certainly a lot of words."
Read PDF →A gonzo account of a Mardi Gras spent in episcopal vestments and under the influence of LSD. Navigating New Orleans at its most hallucinatory. Almost certainly not the first essay to address this particular topic in this particular context.
Read PDF →A pedagogical proto-textbook (co-authored with Denys Bondar and Andrii Sotnikov)
arXiv:2509.20403There are more fragments, drafts, and documents that have not yet been excavated from various hard drives. They will appear here when they do.
Eventually