Who?

I love the pain of striving towards my goals.
I'm against inadequate equilibria
- Subpoint: Experimenting with integrity as an end in itself (this article's framework roughly captures it)
A Stoic. "If you regard things which are in the power of others to be your own... you'll have cause to lament" (Enchiridion 1)
Self-described lover of ideas, conversations, and people
Obsessed with self-improvement
Misc personality quirks

Ok but principles are just are flowery words, what do you do?

Making films. I'm married to After Effects.
Making websites (here's one)
Quantum software/research intern @ Zapata Computing (paper will be published soon)
Design/art (lmk if you want to see a portfolio. for now, here's a singular comic I drew.)
Writing. Narrative, argumentative, poetry, expository. More writing samples are hidden in links in the "Who?" section.

Writing college applications (until Jan 1)
That's it. I focus best when I have 1 priority at a time that I can fully devote myself to. I try to maximize Deep Work.

Gosh, this is what identity capitalism is gonna make me do? Fine. I'll brag.

Selected as 1 of 100 people to be an Atlas Fellow, receive a $50k scholarship, go on an all-expenses-paid 2-week trip
Self-taught full-stack developer. Didn't take webdev courses beyond HTML/CSS, just figured stuff out as I build projects
Directed the filming + editing of a two-hour video recording of a school concert. 150+ hours of work
Self taught at filmmaking too. 3D animation and visual effects and everything else
Learnt French from A2/B1-ish to C1 level in 4 months (also self-taught)
Self-studied quantum mechanics at 15 and got a softeng internship @ quantum computing company

nvm. this is a drain on my soul. ∄ no more bragging on any other section of this website.