Finally put this together! This is a repository of the places in NYC that offer something at least slightly different than the cities standard and rather dismal urbanism. These are al the ones I know but please submit additions in the form at the bottom! offthegridnyc.com

Preface: This article is intended to explore what “value” really is. Not necessarily what people mean when they say “this is worth x” but the deeper idea of how and why things have worth. To do this we will look at media of exchange and units of account, what they are, what they do, and…

I wrote these in 2022. The first round in October/November and the second round during December, Christmas break mostly. I am posting these because there aren’t any other recent examples of deep springs applications essays online. I was able to get in during an application cycle with “over 250 applicants”. In bold are the essays…

I finished writing this on November 5th 2024… Over the past few months I have made decisions that many or all of the people who I trust (those who I know care about me and have a track record of good decision making) think have negative expected value. Here I want to talk about why…