About

I'm a software engineer living in Vancouver, Canada. I work at Mem Labs, Inc.
I started this blog as a mechanism for thinking.

My writing has been inspired by the likes of Dan Luu, patio11, rachelbythebay, Scott Alexander, Gwern Branwen, and Dwarkesh Patel.

The design is based on the US Graphics Company.
You can reach me at scott@mackie.live.
Philosophies
Optimism is a duty.
What you do is who you are.
The map is not the territory.
Everything is made by people no smarter than you.
Know what you want.
Make good decisions easy.
Understanding requires steel-manning.
Cognitive bandwidth is proportional to your models.
Individuals matter.
This could be the most important century.