Education

Variance & Covariance Cheat Sheet

Variance & Covariance Cheat Sheet Starting points (where every derivation begins) Everything below is derived from these definitions. They're the…

5 days ago

“why should I learn this?”

I usually have a concrete plan in advance of writing, but today’s letter is totally spontaneous, other than knowing that…

1 month ago

Socrates 2026: how to use highlights

Follows from Part 1: uncovering the laws of nature Friends, In Part 1, I teased that Geoffrey West’s Scale was a perfect surface…

1 month ago

on the corruption of school grades

A few quick hits on the topics of education and learning. Childhood and Education #18: Do The Math | 15 min read…

3 months ago

what I want my kids to know

I went to Catholic school for K-12. Public schools were less than good where I grew up. My kids go…

3 months ago

a delightful conclusion to the Investment Beginnings Series

This week I taught Class 5 of the Investment Beginnings series I’ve been doing with the 12+ year olds. my…

4 months ago

Math Sympathy

My wife started the Math Academy diagnostic on Sunday night. She couldn’t remember that if you raise a number to the 0th…

10 months ago

slow is smooth and smooth is fast

I really hope to be helpful today so bear with me as this isn’t the rosiest way to begin. This…

10 months ago

why poker is used to train traders

This video is the best articulation of why poker is used to train traders. https://youtu.be/uFyoIeBElQc From the description: Jerrod Ankenman,…

11 months ago

so you’re interested in trading…

Friends, This is a follow-up letter I wrote to someone who called me interested in learning to trade. Look, trading…

11 months ago