Stephen Malina

2050 Predictions

Introduction # Along with a few internet blogger friends, inspired by Erik Hoel’s post (parts of which I disagree with, including the …

Scoring my 2021 Predictions

At the beginning of last year, I made predictions for the year. Now it’s time to score them (before I make my 2022 predictions). Data …

Beware silver bullets

Note: This post was co-written with Uri Bram of The Browser, who deserves all credit for the good parts and no blame for the bad parts and …

Crazy ideas for future synthetic biology & bioengineering

One thing I like about the synthetic biology community is that, from the early days, its participants have been willing to entertain …

Energetic Aliens

Reading biographies and observing friends, family, and colleagues has led me to become interested in what factors drive the variance in …

Book Review - A World Without Email

A World Without Email (AWWE) is Cal Newport’s new book arguing for an overhaul in our workplace communication and project management …

A personal post-mortem on almost giving very misleading advice

I recently had someone ask me what I felt helped me grow the most in my first few years working as a software engineer. Upon them asking me …

Ideas not mattering is a psyop

Originally posted on Alexey’s blog. By Stephen Malina, Alexey Guzey, Leopold Aschenbrenner. Introduction # Conventional startup and …

Three observations from a surprisingly emotionally evocative winter walk

I just went on a short nighttime mid-snow storm walk and it unexpectedly provoked three separate observations along with a desire to capture …

Book Review - The Art of Learning

This is a review of The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence by Joshua Waitzkin. I’m sort of surprised how much I …