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Vannevar Bush: Humble Leadership in the Bureaucracy
A selective summary of "Pieces of the Action"
Aug 27
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Charles Yang
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The Long Horizon of Post-Grad
Discovering Commitment and Conviction
Aug 20
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Charles Yang
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July 2023
ML4Sci #38: Finding Signal in the Noise
Creative examples from a data-drenched world
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Jul 9
June 2023
Chartbook: Electric bikes as a climate change solution
A portfolio approach to transportation and building decarbonization
Jun 7
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Charles Yang
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May 2023
Building Back Nuclear in America
Part 1: Looking to the Nuclear Navy
May 20
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Charles Yang
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Imitating the Artifacts of Humanity
ChatGPT and what it means to be human
May 6
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Charles Yang
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April 2023
Why I quit working at an AI startup to join the Department of Energy
Identifying impact arbitrage in working on climate
Apr 6
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Charles Yang
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March 2023
Forgiveness and Reconciliation
I recently preached my second sermon as a guest speaker at a small chinese-american church in Virginia. I’m sharing a condensed, written version of it…
Mar 5
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February 2023
Writing as Self-Alienation
A Highly Subjective, Probably Incorrect History
Feb 25
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Charles Yang
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On Reading and Writing: A Personal Journey
Why I read I first started reading in my junior year of high school. Not as in “I didn’t know how to read before” — I went through the requisite litany…
Feb 2
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January 2023
Notes on Japanese Political Economy and Industrial Policy
"MITI and the Japanese Miracle"
Jan 10
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Charles Yang
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In Defense of MOOCs, Discipline in the Attention Economy, and ChatGPT
Last time I shared about my experiences doing deep dives in technical areas for my work at Actuate Innovation and Department of Energy ARPA-E. But my…
Jan 3
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