06 · Notebook
Notebook
Long-form essays, short notes, and named threads. The thread map is the foreground; the reverse-chrono feed is reference.
Active threads
Building Slipwise in public
A bounded thread on what can be said publicly while building a regulated marine insurance product. Decisions, not client work.
1 post
Certifying versus learning
On the difference between passing exams and actually knowing things. The argument that credentials are artifacts, not proxies.
1 post
Partition citizenship
Reading notes accumulating around Zamindar and the long aftermath of 1947 — citizenship as bureaucratic invention rather than identity claim.
1 post
Polymathy in practice
Notes on working across many domains without becoming a dilettante. Practice as the verb that does the load-bearing.
2 posts
Dormant threads
Recent
essay·2026-05-12·Certifying versus learning
On certifying and learning
Why credentials are artifacts of learning, not proxies for it.
note·2026-05-09·Polymathy in practice
Open notebook as discipline, not vanity
essay·2026-05-04·Partition citizenship
Partition as bureaucratic invention
Zamindar argues that the boundary made the migration, not the other way around.
note·2026-05-02·Building Slipwise in public
Slipwise — what I can say publicly this month
note·2026-04-26
Four channels is the right number for live presence
note·2026-04-18·Polymathy in practice
On the epistemic status line