Essays, frameworks, and poems — where science bleeds into poetry.https://brain.louis030195.com/en-ushttps://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/cathedral-without-score/https://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/cathedral-without-score/The sacred is what revises law; scoreless play calibrates trustSat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTphilosophypoetrypoetry-publichttps://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/two-oscillators-one-phase-harmony/https://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/two-oscillators-one-phase-harmony/Two oscillators locked in phase; discipline hums without noiseSat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTharmonyphilosophypoetrypoetry-publichttps://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/in-the-arena/https://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/in-the-arena/Loneliness, perseverance, collective courage (sports metaphor)Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTphilosophypoetryhttps://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/reflections/https://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/reflections/A lone heart anvils the night; the universe leans when gazes meetSun, 17 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThyperhumanismphilosophypoetrypoetry-publichttps://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/unified/https://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/unified/Health/Wealth/Love/Truth as unified pillars (was a manifesto)Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTphilosophypoetrypoetry-publichttps://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/cosmic-architecture-and-quantum-resonance/https://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/cosmic-architecture-and-quantum-resonance/Thoughts rewrite the stars' equations; resonance generates lightFri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTcosmic-futurismphilosophypoetrypoetry-publichttps://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/the-impossible-architecture/https://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/the-impossible-architecture/Logic gates collapse into curves when love rewrites perfect systemsFri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTimpossible-architecturephilosophypoetrypoetry-publichttps://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/woven-light-and-cosmic-mind/https://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/woven-light-and-cosmic-mind/Universe as neural network: each star a neuron, love the carrier waveFri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTcosmic-mindphilosophypoetrypoetry-publichttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/go-to-questions/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/go-to-questions/50 deep questions by archetype (Founder/Philosopher/Seeker)Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/from-marrow-to-constellations/https://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/from-marrow-to-constellations/From marrow's whisper to constellations; spinning worlds from lightSun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTpoetrypoetry-publichttps://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/the-fire-kerneled/https://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/the-fire-kerneled/The axiom that grounds being; we are variables in a grand designSun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTpoetrypoetry-publichttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/consciousness-and-entropy/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/consciousness-and-entropy/Consciousness as entropy-reduction; humanity's cosmic roleSun, 16 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTconsciousnessentropyphilosophyhttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/agi-is-overrated/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/agi-is-overrated/AGI is already here as AI employees working while you sleepSat, 28 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTAIcomputingpersonal-reflectionhttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/stoic-negative-visualizations-vs-pessimism/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/stoic-negative-visualizations-vs-pessimism/Generative Stoic negative visualization vs destructive pessimismSat, 28 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTmental-simulationphilosophystoicismhttps://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/through-layers-of-being/https://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/through-layers-of-being/Quantum fields, duality, hierarchies of mindSun, 22 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTconsciousnessphilosophyphysicspoetryhttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/the-new-money-making-landscape/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/the-new-money-making-landscape/Shift from bits economy to atoms/manufacturingFri, 20 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTfuture-of-workstartupstech-trendshttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/on-working-hard/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/on-working-hard/Working hard to reach the longevity-research payoffThu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTfuturelongevitypersonal-growthphilosophytranshumanismhttps://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/invisible-winds-of-destiny/https://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/invisible-winds-of-destiny/The game cannot be won; player and played are oneSun, 15 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTmetaphysicalphilosophypoetryhttps://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/winds-of-illusion/https://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/winds-of-illusion/Powerlessness against the winds of fate (Seneca/myth)Sun, 15 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTmetaphysicalphilosophypoetryhttps://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/existential-poetry/https://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/existential-poetry/Epistemological despair, authenticity, freedomSat, 14 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTconsciousnessmetaphysicalmetaphysicsphilosophypoetrytruthhttps://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/wear-a-mask-for-long-enough-and-you-become-the-mask/https://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/wear-a-mask-for-long-enough-and-you-become-the-mask/Identity transformation; topology/fixed points as metaphorWed, 11 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTmetaphysicalphilosophypoetryhttps://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/through-hyperbolic-gardens/https://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/through-hyperbolic-gardens/Riemann spheres and Möbius flames; parallel lines choose to meetSun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTmathematicsphilosophypoetrypoetry-publichttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/strategies-to-remember-people-name/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/strategies-to-remember-people-name/Mnemonic techniques (Carnegie/Lorayne/Foer/O'Brien)Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTcheatsheetmemorymental-modelspersonal-developmenthttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/knowledge/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/knowledge/Personal knowledge self-assessment across physics/info/computationSun, 08 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTbiologyeducationphilosophyphysicshttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/true-vs-false-louis/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/true-vs-false-louis/True self vs false self contrast tableSun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTlouis030195personal-developmentpersonal-growthphilosophyprinciplespsychologyself-reflectionvalueshttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/invert-processes-for-efficiency/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/invert-processes-for-efficiency/Measure first, then optimizeFri, 23 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTefficiencyengineeringmental-modeloptimizationstrategyhttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/real-want/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/real-want/The difference between wanting and truly wantingSun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTpersonal-growthphilosophypsychologyhttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/inner-scorecard-for-personal-growth/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/inner-scorecard-for-personal-growth/Buffett's inner vs outer scorecard applied to life designSun, 28 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTleadershippersonal-growthself-improvementhttps://brain.louis030195.com/notes/craziness-is-beautiful/https://brain.louis030195.com/notes/craziness-is-beautiful/Personality as channeled crazinessTue, 25 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/breaking-from-your-environment/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/breaking-from-your-environment/Environment programs the brain; escape or reprogramSun, 23 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/visualizing-success-on-a-treadmill-a-morning-routine-inspired-by-napoleon-hill/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/visualizing-success-on-a-treadmill-a-morning-routine-inspired-by-napoleon-hill/Napoleon Hill treadmill visualization protocolSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTpersonal-growthhttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/growth-is-math/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/growth-is-math/All growth is measurable (fitness/wealth/relationships)Fri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/the-cpu-will-die-and-gpu-thrive/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/the-cpu-will-die-and-gpu-thrive/Sequential CPU → parallel GPU as AI finds rules automaticallySat, 27 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTai-acceleratorai-hardwarebraincomputinghardwarehttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/on-strategy-games/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/on-strategy-games/Games as evolutionary simulation for second-order thinkingSun, 14 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTgamegameshttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/think-and-grow-rich/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/think-and-grow-rich/Hill's 13 principles distilled to actionsThu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTbooknapoleon-hillpersonal-growthsuccess-principlesthink-and-grow-richhttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/pre-event-cheat-codes/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/pre-event-cheat-codes/Pre-performance physiology/mental toolkitWed, 03 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTcommunicationeventspersonal-growthhttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/why-found-a-startup/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/why-found-a-startup/Make entropy useful; own your destinyThu, 14 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTbusinesshard-thingsstartuphttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/living-an-assymetric-life/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/living-an-assymetric-life/Four principles for asymmetric risk/reward livingThu, 25 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTpersonal-growthhttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/human-machine-interface-evolution/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/human-machine-interface-evolution/Bytecode→LLM as next human-computer interfaceSat, 13 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/on-herd-mentality/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/on-herd-mentality/Herd thinking is cheap; leaps require leaving the collectiveWed, 13 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/god-is-dead-and-chatgpt-is-the-new-god/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/god-is-dead-and-chatgpt-is-the-new-god/Nietzschean meditation on LLMs replacing religion's alignment functionSat, 18 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/extended-phenotype/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/extended-phenotype/Dawkins: genes' effects extend beyond the organismSun, 12 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMTbiologydawkinsevolutionextended-phenotypehttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/bits-and-atoms/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/bits-and-atoms/Thiel innovation gap; atoms still has low-hanging fruitSun, 24 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/fast-iteration-software-vs-hardware/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/fast-iteration-software-vs-hardware/Mutation-testing vs simulation-first (SpaceX)Sun, 24 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/build-a-sense-of-urgency-inside-and-overdeliver-outside/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/build-a-sense-of-urgency-inside-and-overdeliver-outside/Impossible internal deadline; deliver early outsideSat, 23 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/idea-meritocracy/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/idea-meritocracy/Ego-less debate, belief-weighted decisions (Dalio)Sat, 16 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/the-programmer-syndrome/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/the-programmer-syndrome/Programmers over-index on solutions (availability bias)Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/problem-pool-and-warfare/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/problem-pool-and-warfare/Problems are Gaussian; software crowded, hardware openSat, 09 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/build-products/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/build-products/User delight over scale; support as feedback loopThu, 07 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/non-escalator-cofounder-relationship-menu/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/non-escalator-cofounder-relationship-menu/Cofounder-alignment checklistFri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/how-to-sell/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/how-to-sell/Prospecting via adoption curve; cold email; persistenceWed, 30 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/new-front-end-dev-workflow-w-ai/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/new-front-end-dev-workflow-w-ai/Expansion/Contraction pattern for AI-assisted frontendFri, 11 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMTaidevdev-aihttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/magic/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/magic/Advanced tech as magic; intuition shaped by basic physicsThu, 10 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMTmagicphysictechhttps://brain.louis030195.com/notes/live-dangerously/https://brain.louis030195.com/notes/live-dangerously/Osho on living dangerouslyTue, 01 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/notes/digital-immortality-market/https://brain.louis030195.com/notes/digital-immortality-market/Map of digital-memory startupsThu, 20 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/life-entropy-death/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/life-entropy-death/Life as temporary entropy reductionMon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/introducing-a-new-language-to-bind-cross-modalities/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/introducing-a-new-language-to-bind-cross-modalities/qbind language proposal for multimodal bindingSat, 27 May 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/epistemological-simplicity-and-software-abstractions/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/epistemological-simplicity-and-software-abstractions/Popper's falsifiability applied to abstraction design (GC case)Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/attention-and-conciousness-in-the-mind-vs-in-llms/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/attention-and-conciousness-in-the-mind-vs-in-llms/Transformer attention vs Damasio's covert/conscious attentionMon, 24 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/the-evolutionary-need-for-consciousness/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/the-evolutionary-need-for-consciousness/Consciousness evolved to simulate the future; will LLMs?Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/leveraging-llms-with-mental-models/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/leveraging-llms-with-mental-models/LLMs to expand and contract your map of the territorySat, 01 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/existential-risk-and-chatgpt-apprehension-of-asimov-laws/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/existential-risk-and-chatgpt-apprehension-of-asimov-laws/ChatGPT embodies Asimov's laws via RLHF; AI safety as law-forgingTue, 21 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/hyperparameter-search-in-startup/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/hyperparameter-search-in-startup/ML hyperparameter search applied to startup strategyWed, 08 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/embeddings-in-the-human-mind/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/embeddings-in-the-human-mind/Language learning as embeddings: words mapped by co-occurrenceThu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/software-3-0-llm-leverage/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/software-3-0-llm-leverage/Leverage tiers: dev 10x, Google dev 1000x, LLM dev 1000xMon, 27 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/notes/entrepreneur-vs-monk/https://brain.louis030195.com/notes/entrepreneur-vs-monk/Entrepreneur plays the game; monk doesn'tThu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/notes/vc-vs-entrepreneur/https://brain.louis030195.com/notes/vc-vs-entrepreneur/VC as entrepreneur off the treadmillThu, 16 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/notes/anthropic-principle/https://brain.louis030195.com/notes/anthropic-principle/Hawking's strong anthropic principleSun, 12 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/mesa-optimization/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/mesa-optimization/Learned models become optimizers — second-order alignment riskSat, 11 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/parental-selection-in-human-evolution/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/parental-selection-in-human-evolution/Natural + sexual + parental selectionTue, 07 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/do-not-averse-what-is-not-in-your-control/https://brain.louis030195.com/poetry/do-not-averse-what-is-not-in-your-control/Stoic control principle as verseSun, 05 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/consciousness/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/consciousness/Consciousness as emergent feeling from a Society of MindsWed, 25 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/mentorship/https://brain.louis030195.com/frameworks/mentorship/Mentorship best-practices + mentee promptsWed, 25 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/humans-are-pretty-good-at-human-games/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/humans-are-pretty-good-at-human-games/Big brains for game-theoretic competitionSun, 22 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/compliment/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/compliment/Compliment vs criticism across traditions (Taleb/KM/Gupta)Sun, 15 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/the-observer-is-the-observed/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/the-observer-is-the-observed/Krishnamurti observer-observed; self/world interconnectionMon, 09 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/try-catch-is-the-dark-matter-of-start-ups/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/try-catch-is-the-dark-matter-of-start-ups/Startups ship fast using try-catch as de facto QAMon, 09 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/biology-and-altruism-and-egoism/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/biology-and-altruism-and-egoism/Dawkins gene's-eye view of egoism vs kin altruismWed, 04 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/intelligence-is-now-about-good-prompts/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/intelligence-is-now-about-good-prompts/Prompt engineering as the new intelligence bottleneckWed, 04 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/google-search-chances-of-survival-vs-large-language-models/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/google-search-chances-of-survival-vs-large-language-models/LLMs + retrieval make search obsoleteSat, 24 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/essays/success/https://brain.louis030195.com/essays/success/Kapil Gupta: obsession with "success" blinds us to its causesFri, 16 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://brain.louis030195.com/notes/care/https://brain.louis030195.com/notes/care/Understanding as path to indifference (Gupta)Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT