Writing
Essays on science, literature and personal reflection, published in First Principles on Substack.
2026
4 posts
- What George Orwell Reveals About How We Learn to See Reality
What Why I Write by George Orwell reveals about the shift from storytelling to scientific thinking
- When Reality Feels Like Fiction
A reflection on reading The Nickel Boys and how different realities can feel unfamiliar, even when they are real.
- Accidents, Authority, and Alpha Particles
How early modern physics advanced through unlikely observations and very strong personalities
- One world less: reading Orwell’s A Hanging
Reflections on human life, institutional roles, and Orwell’s perspective