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Last updated about 10 hours ago

FREEDOM (while hoping my friends stay safe)

about 10 hours ago

This deserves to become one of the iconic images of human history,...

The Goodness Cluster

4 days ago

The blog-commenters come at me one by one, a seemingly infinite supply...

Venezuela through the lens of good and evil

8 days ago

I woke up yesterday morning happy and relieved that the Venezuelan people...

My Christmas gift: telling you about PurpleMind, which brings CS theory to the YouTube masses

18 days ago

Merry Christmas, everyone! Ho3 Here’s my beloved daughter baking chocolate chip cookies,...

More on whether useful quantum computing is “imminent”

22 days ago

These days, the most common question I get goes something like this...

Happy Chanukah

28 days ago

This (taken in Kiel, Germany in 1931 and then colorized) is one...

Understanding vs. impact: the paradox of how to spend my time

about 1 month ago

Not long ago William MacAskill, the founder of the Effective Altruist movement...

Theory and AI Alignment

about 1 month ago

The following is based on a talk that I gave (remotely) at...

Mihai Pătrașcu Best Paper Award: Guest post from Seth Pettie

about 1 month ago

Scott’s foreword: Today I’m honored to turn over Shtetl-Optimized to a guest...

Podcasts!

about 2 months ago

A 9-year-old named Kai (“The Quantum Kid”) and his mother interviewed me...

Quantum Investment Bros: Have you no shame?

about 2 months ago

Near the end of my last post, I made a little offhand...

Quantum computing: too much to handle!

about 2 months ago

Tomorrow I’m headed to Berkeley for the Inkhaven blogging residency, whose participants...