About this site

Hi, I'm Rob.

In 2013 Ted Chiang wrote an incredible short story called "The Truth of Fact, The Truth of Feeling" that, in part, explored the idea of writing being introduced to an oral culture. In that story he talks about the downsides of this transition, but also the upsides of writing:

“Writing let you look at your thoughts in a way you couldn’t if you were just talking...they were not just the pieces of speaking; they were the pieces of thinking.”

That's what I'm doing here: I'm writing down my pieces of thinking. Mostly for myself, but for a few others too.