Mentorship

Donald Trump Isn’t the Architect of His Own Success. This Man Is.

Trump’s relentless political persona isn’t his own invention. It is a direct inheritance from Roy Cohn, a disgraced tactician who turned moral failure into a replicable playbook for political warfare. Understanding this mentorship demystifies modern power and reveals the hidden human networks shaping our leaders.

You’re Overthinking Your RL Research Direction. Here’s the Only Thing That Matters.

Stop asking which RL subfield is ‘most promising.’ The real answer isn’t a topic — it’s a mentor, compute access, and your own obsession. The biggest unsolved problem in AI isn’t picking a field; it’s handling unverifiable tasks. Your research career depends on local constraints, not global trends.

The Fields Medal Celebrates Genius. It’s Also Hiding a Dirty Secret.

The Fields Medal celebrates four young mathematicians, but the real story isn’t their brilliance — it’s the invisible infrastructure that made them possible and the systemic blind spots that make us lose countless others. The under-40 age limit creates perverse incentives, and the global talent pipeline is shockingly uneven. For anyone in tech, these winners are your upstream — and we’re squandering the source.