Hi there, I'm Ali.

I have a love for mathematics, computer science, and economics. I love building things and have recently spent time as a quant. My technical interests span decision theory, information theory, simulation, stochastic control and much more. Here you'll find some of my writing, both technical and not.

I believe that:

• Anything is learnable. Or rather, at least a lot more than we give ourselves credit for typically. Regardless of the 'truth' of such a statement, being optimistic provides us a requisite comfort and ambition to learn passionately.
• We each have a responsibility for kindness. Negative energy should be viewed as a multiplicative process: the only thing we can do is be a dampening node by turning the other cheek when it comes our way.
• Authenticity should be valued more in society; life is too short to feel like you have to wear a mask all the time.
• We're all wrong but wish to do our best to grow our scope of understanding. Humility both in the emotional and intellectual sense is something we should strive for.
• Imagination and wonder are what will keep us young forever. The 'realities' of life shouldn't erase childlike curiosities.

Some things to talk to me about:

• Bayesian and Popperian epistemology as frameworks for reasoning.
• The most critical problems in our public education systems.
• Literary fiction. Particularly the genres of bildungsroman, works in translation and 20th century classics.
• Athletics and team sports. Tips on how I can increase my vertical jump are very welcome.