Isaac Donis 12/5/22 Isaac Donis 12/5/22

Cooperate? Compete? …Both?

Whether we should compete or cooperate to distribute finite resources to infinite needs is a difficult to question to answer. The answer, based on Behave by Robert Sapolsky, is complicated.

Isaac Donis 6/19/22 Isaac Donis 6/19/22

(Finite) Game Over

I recently finished Finite and Infinite Games by the late James Carse. Being introduced to the concept of infinite play gave new meaning to my old experiences and made me more excited than ever to create new ones.

Isaac Donis 1/9/22 Isaac Donis 1/9/22

Lessons from Linus Torvalds

There were so many gems on how to start and sustain a movement in the Linux creator's autobiography. In broad terms, I found that Linus' approach to creativity and movement-building is a 3-step approach:

1. Start with yourself

2. Continue for others

3. Persist onwards together

Isaac Donis 7/26/21 Isaac Donis 7/26/21

Undercover Rectangles

The performance of a model relies on the chosen activation function. Digging into the math behind why, we find that useful activation functions are actually just rectangles in disguise!