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Musings - by Nick Chow - Musings

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An opinionated philosophical treatise on life

I wrote the core of this piece in 2017 when I was mired in existential dread during my junior year at Princeton. This is an amalgam of pieces of advice and principles that I've synthesized over high school, college, and the first few years of my career. This is very much an aspirational work too — it serves to remind me what my principles are, and why I should stick to them. It’s a 25-page treatise on a variety of topics, not limited to: How to deal with randomness Trust the Process: process over goals Life as a multi-armed bandit problem (decision-making) Resolving cognitive…

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