hi, I'm Sam.

I'm fascinated by the nature of the world and what it means for how we should act within in it. This is my digital home where I share what I'm up to.

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About me

I'm a generalist with a fascination for how the world works and what our place in it should be. Growing up in Asia surrounded by people of various cultures while connected to the internet cemented my identity as a citizen of the world, which shapes the action I take each day.
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Essays

Explorations of our place in the world and how we should navigate it.

Philosophy

On What is and Should Be: Low Entropy as a Material Correlate for Ethical Value

How can we link ethical value to the laws of physics?

Global Citizenship

Response to Balaji Srinivasan's 'How to Start a New Country'

This writeup is a response to Balaji Srinivasan's 'How to Start a New Country' and was selected as one of the winning responses. It's less of a review and more of a proposal and exploration of why such a development is critical for not only our species' progress, but to also avoid climate catastrophe and the potential collapse of the biosphere upon which all of our lives depend.

Philosophy

A Selfish & Computational Justification for Global Wealth Redistribution

Even if we only cared about ourselves, by viewing the economy as a complex adaptive system that's constantly evolving and computing, and knowing that people are the substrate upon which this computation is running, there are still grounds for global wealth redistribution. Increasing the computational capacity of the economy through improving the material well-being of the most disadvantaged will likely translate into substantial benefits to individuals in their lifetime.

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