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Writing
I write to understand what I think.
essays
medium · 2025-07
medium · 2025-01
open questions
Things I want to work out. Each one becomes an essay once I have.
q01
The Algorithm's Ghost
Can the foundational principles of modern mechanical engineering be expressed using the rhetorical, procedural logic of their originator, al-Khwarizmi?
algorithms / history / mathematics
q02
The City as a Lung
Can the architectural logic of 19th-century sanitarians, who fought an imaginary foe, inform modern strategies for mitigating real airborne threats?
urban-design / architecture / fluid-dynamics
q03
The Grammar of the Desert
Can the water-harvesting strategies of desert flora be abstracted into a formal 'shape grammar' for designing hyper-efficient materials?
biomimicry / desert / materials
q04
The Antikythera Calculation
What is the 'computational efficiency' of the Antikythera Mechanism when analyzed through the lens of modern mechanical design theory?
mechanical-engineering / history / CAD
q05
The Cognitive Fingerprint of Design
Can the cognitive process of a single engineer, working on a complex problem, be mapped and analyzed to reveal underlying patterns, biases, and moments of insight?
cognitive-science / design-process / self-analysis
q06
AI for Cognitive De-biasing
Can an AI assistant help mitigate cognitive biases in the engineering design process?
artificial-intelligence / cognitive-bias / design
q07
The Logic of a Lost Craft
Can the procedural knowledge of an endangered craft be preserved not just as a video, but as a formal engineering grammar?
traditional-crafts / preservation / karakalpakstan