Practice Math Like a Baby

I’ve always felt conflicted about repetitive practice. But a baby showed me the way.

Why I’ve Stopped Doing Interviews for Yale

It's a random process, disguised as a deliberative one.

(Small print: Does not apply to Nate Silver.)

Co-cocoasine and cocoa-cosine are totally different. Naturally.

Halfway through, the idea of “exponent” takes a sudden turn. And—fair warning—so does this post.

a series of 17-syllable definitions, for people who probably already know what the words mean

I could easily spin out 800 words bagging on this poor sign-maker. But instead, I want to argue the opposite.

My chairman was indignant. “How can they all be A’s?” he asked. “Is this some kind of joke?”

A dispatch from the trenches of the "math wars."

Next, my brain exploded and the universe dissolved around me, because I had just punched logic in the face.