Hi, I’m Havan Sharma — a theoretical engineer.

Each week I take one idea — a machine, a market, an old philosophy — back to its first principles and write you what I find: plain words, honest arguments, letters meant to be read twice.

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Intuition Is a Cache

You don’t have a thinking style. You have a training history, and intuition is its cache. The fifteen hours were the price; the fifteen minutes are the receipt.Philosophy31 Aug5 min

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‘What Do You Want to Be?’ Is the Wrong Question

A want is a picture of an outcome. A choice is a decision you make again, every time the world moves. We were only ever asked for the picture.Philosophy23 Aug3 min