By background I’m a lawyer (hybrid Legal-AI Safety researcher), and I usually write about AI Safety to spread awareness among tech lawyers and others who might not otherwise engage with the field.
This post, though, is more personal: a reflection on how “deep thinking” and rationalist habits have shaped my best professional and personal outputs, even through long phases of intellectual isolation. Hence the “mudblood” analogy, which (to my surprise) resonated with more people than I expected.
Sharing here in case it’s useful. Obviously very open to criticism and feedback (that’s why I’m here!), but also hoping it’s of some help. :)
Two days ago, I published a Substack article called “The Epistemics of Being a Mudblood: Stress Testing intellectual isolation”. I wasn’t sure whether to cross-post it here, but a few people encouraged me to at least share the link.
By background I’m a lawyer (hybrid Legal-AI Safety researcher), and I usually write about AI Safety to spread awareness among tech lawyers and others who might not otherwise engage with the field.
This post, though, is more personal: a reflection on how “deep thinking” and rationalist habits have shaped my best professional and personal outputs, even through long phases of intellectual isolation. Hence the “mudblood” analogy, which (to my surprise) resonated with more people than I expected.
Sharing here in case it’s useful. Obviously very open to criticism and feedback (that’s why I’m here!), but also hoping it’s of some help. :)