est. 2020 — a personal blog
Musings of a grad student interested in behavioral econ — learning to master what the field excels at, before trying to predict the irrational.
Death and the Penguin is a Russian novel set in 90s Ukraine by Andrey Kurkov. It is a dark, satirical, and strangely surreal look at the adventures of a down on his luck every-man, living in Kyiv, with his pet penguin. The bond shared by the man and his penguin is deeply emotional and has…