Welcome. This is a collection of my writing, knowledge base and research notes, published from my Obsidian vault using Quartz.

Essays

Technology

Web3
Artificial Intelligence

Philosophy

Other

Blog Posts

Analysis of Bad Takes

Other


I’ve developed a framework for interpreting events and phenomena, though its conclusions are likely incomplete or wrong. This site records the process behind the framework—iterating toward coherence and guarding against overfitting. Publishing forces a discipline that private notes don’t: you can’t ignore inconsistencies when they’re visible to others. Every page here is open to falsification and reconsideration. If you find an error in my reasoning, a contradiction between pages, or a claim that doesn’t hold—I want to know.

My approach draws on identifying logical fallacies, Kahneman’s framework for cognitive bias, and actively distancing myself from my own conclusions to stress-test them.

This site is not for profit. It exists to practice writing and make my thinking visible—so I can refine it, and others can judge it. A community doesn’t edit content directly; changing what’s here requires changing my mind. Alongside the site is a forum where readers can discuss, critique, and propose changes.

Investing time in building a private knowledge base is one of the best decisions I made in my twenties. Not all pages are published — many remain in draft — but each day I try to publish something and expand the knowledge network visible on the right. The graph on any given page shows connections to related pages up to two degrees of depth.

All content is tracked through git, so pages can be rolled back and revised as my thinking evolves.

This website is powered by various technologies. If you’re interested in how it works, I’ve written a comprehensive article on A Technology Stack Breakdown on How This Website is Being Served to You.

Enjoy,

Jacob Sussmilch

Those who know, know who know, that more is less.